Commentary
NonDoc.com serves as a responsible public forum for news and commentary. Our commentary section is open for public submission on a variety of topics. Promotional pieces are not accepted as commentary submissions.
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As in Mao’s China, Rep. Osborn punished for speaking truth to power
On July 2, 1959, Chairman Mao Zedong convened the 8th Plenum of the Eighth Central committee of the Communist Party of China (the Lushan Conference). The intended...
Anniversary galleries: Celebrate the start of our 4th year
When NonDoc launched three years ago today, we knew what we wanted to stand for, and we knew what we wanted to do.
What we...
Slice of serendipity: NonDoc meet-cute leads to staff role
In 2015, I was waiting tables in the Paseo when Tres Savage and Josh McBee sat in my section. They were familiar faces and...
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He is a soldier, his family is praying for him
He is a soldier
by Bipin Khatiwada
His family is praying for him.
He is struggling to save victims.
Saves lives from the mouth of death,
With a fearless and...
Deductibles: The rising tension point in U.S. health care
It might be reasonable to assert that we are about to develop a tension point in the United States in the delivery and financing...
Point: Sen. Brian Crain urges citizens to vote for SQ 779
(Editor's Note: NonDoc asked two sitting Republican state senators to author Point/Counterpoint commentaries on State Question 779, which would ad $0.01 to the state's...
Hulk Hogan, Gawker film highlights media challenges
AUSTIN — In the first phase of President Donald Trump's America, Austin’s centerpiece mega-media festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), took it upon itself to...
U.K. native: Brexit illustrates nostalgia’s power, danger
DALLAS — It’s been a few days since my home nation decided to leave the European Union, and I’ve had time to process my...
Photos: Most of these people contribute to our Writers’ Fund (and you should, too)
From a former governor to folks in the nonprofit sector, NonDoc's supporters run the gamut of age, background and profession. This diverse cast of...
