Commentary
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Editorial: Stop killing each other
Yet another week begins with American tragedy, as three police officers were shot and killed in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday.
The attack — called...
OKDHS cuts are another wound for legislature, Fallin
While Oklahomans were elated by Russell Westbrook news Thursday and distracted by arrogant hashtag-mongering Friday, OKDHS announced $45 million in budget cuts Wednesday.
The Oklahoma...
Turkish writer: Easier for Enes Kanter to become Enes Gülen in the U.S.
ISTANBUL — Enes Kanter, a center for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was recently disowned by his family for following and backing the so-called cleric Fethullah...
Sundaze: ‘Time to study’ at the University of Oklahoma
'Time to study'
Over the course of my father's three decades teaching state history at the University of Oklahoma, he developed a stock joke — whenever OU lost its...
National anthem drama highlights American rights
One of the more routine tasks of being a public address announcer during my time at Langston University involved playing the national anthem at sporting...
Who is the smartest crook in the race?
Consider Ulysses S. Grant and Warren G. Harding, who headed what were arguably the most corrupt presidential administrations in American history. Their administrations were...
UPDATE: Amid ‘confusion’ on REAL ID, extension denied
(Update: On Oct. 11, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety released the following statement, photographed below, noting that the state had been denied its...
How Hispanic immigrants ‘saved’ OKC’s public schools
Every once in awhile, we in Oklahoma City should catch our breath, block out Trumpism and take the time to give thanks for immigration.
I...
Redux: If Trump wins, conventional wisdom loses, again
(Editor's note: On Sept. 2, 2015, NonDoc's second day of publication, Nashville-based political strategist John Rowley penned the following commentary, If Trump wins, conventional wisdom...
Love us or loathe us, ‘thanks for reading’ all the same
Back in journalism school, our school newspaper's editorial adviser used to preach something along the lines of, "If half the people are mad at...