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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The Gig Economy: Potential promise and pitfalls
Linguist Geoff Nunberg announced his word of the year on NPR’s Fresh Air, and he nailed it: Nunberg’s choice is "gig."
For over a century,...
Kansas senator fighting against short skirts, democracy
Recently, Kansas Sen. Mitch Holmes (R-St. John) set a new standard for women who testify before his committee in the Kansas State Senate. Sounds promising, doesn’t it? Not...
Racial critiques demand ‘a totality of words and deeds’
I have now been informed that my very whiteness and the privilege that attends that whiteness ipso facto make me a racist.
While I don’t...
Deflated (foot)balls and a ‘Requiem for Beirut’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
Rural coverage gives ominous tinge to ‘newspaper bill’
If Rep. Ben Sherrer (D-Chouteau) somehow succeeds in his proposal requiring all Oklahoma voters to hold a subscription for a newspaper, just what will he accomplish?
Rep. Sherrer...
Pop quiz: Which of these education scenarios is fiction?
Student name: Pat Reader
Class: NonDoc.com remedial studies
Test: Mid-term education policy exam
Instructor: Dr. John Thompson
Question 1: Which of the following scenes is fiction?
A) A combat veteran takes over...
Deadspin sucks (and other Deadspin-style headlines)
Let me be clear, I don't think Deadspin sucks.
But if I were working for the successful Gawker-media sports site — which I used to read...
The most important election you aren’t talking about
As the world’s largest economy and most powerful nation, the United States is always an important player on the world stage. Thus, when the...
MLK Jr. Day: ‘Somewhere I read’
"All we say to America is: be true to what you say on paper"
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 3, 1968, at the Mason...
Sundaze: Darth Vader, David Bowie & Emily Dickinson
(Editor's Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
