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Superstitious? Calculate Friday the 13th in advance
I celebrated New Year’s Eve early this year — and so did you.
It takes the earth 365.25 days to make a complete orbit around...
Subtle factors combine to fuel school-to-prison pipeline
The Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has published a study examining the civil rights impact of school discipline and juvenile-justice...
Hangover highlights: A Stillwater stunner and questions about brains
As I sat down for my usual end-of-Friday-night routine, I was excited. Usually, my work week concludes with an episode of Star Trek, the...
Poems from Iraq: ‘The war wrote your name in the list of death’
In May, NonDoc received poetry submissions for our Sundaze series from Faleeha Hassan, a self-identified feminist poet, playwright and teacher from Najaf, Iraq.
It's not...
Pretending to hear taught me how to live
(Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series on living with disability titled "Biting Hearing Aids." Read part one here and part three...
Hey, Coach, what was the Indian Removal Act?
Having taught Oklahoma history at the university level for the better part of four decades, I am quite happy to be retired. Were I...
SQ 788: Chamber VP questions language, employer rights
The question of whether Oklahoma should legalize medical marijuana will be on the ballot this June as State Question 788 (embedded at the end...
Just the sip: ABLE Commission mixes a bitter beverage
Given their general behavior, past and present, I like to think the Oklahoma ABLE Commission offices look somewhat like the comic above: Dark, drab,...
Editorial: Black History Month went poorly in Oklahoma
A series of racist and racially insensitive events in Oklahoma schools turned the past month into an excellent argument for why black history, racial...
Conspiracy charges ensnare top Oklahoma political operatives
When news broke Thursday that Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater had charged a slew of political figures for conspiracy and violation of state campaign laws,...
