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‘My father barely spoke a word’
Hank
by James Coburn
My father barely spoke a word.
I heard him roll rubber bands
down inky, dry newspapers;...
saw him sip black coffee,
while covered in wheat dust,
pass...
Army veteran: Reckless foreign policy poses real threat
Kill Kill, Hate Hate
Strangle Mangle Mutilate
Death From Above Airborne
Die!
These were the first words I was asked to memorize as a recruit in the U.S. Army....
Letter: Oklahoma’s ‘disgraceful band of hypocrites’
To the editors:
I couldn't agree more with Mr. Savage's Feb. 9 commentary regarding Oklahoma's congressional delegation. They are a disgraceful band of hypocrites touting family...
‘Peddle your gussied-up science denialism elsewhere’
FAIRFIELD BAY, Ark. — Here we are again, rolling our eyes at an editorial in The Oklahoman.
And we — the midwestern working class, humans...
‘Settlement’ report complicates charter group, Board of Ed. lawsuit
After two weeks of excellent reporting, the Tulsa World’s Andrea Eger has raised questions about whether the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association (OPCSA) has...
An #okleg poem: ‘The building waits with bipartisan hate’
(Editor's note: A bipartisan revenue plan reached in the Oklahoma State Senate stalled in a House committee Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. While lawmakers caucused,...
Listen to the kids: They will teach us how to teach them
On the eve of the spring testing season, we are talking less about the need to teach to the test. I wish the OKCPS...
Leave work 30 minutes early and come drink free beer
You survived the holidays, so you probably deserve a beer and an early exit from the office this afternoon. Well, NonDoc has just the...
Hobbled Russia still managing to play Donald Trump
UNKEN, Austria — It has been rightly suggested by one of my colleagues at the University of Oklahoma that I give too much credit...
Letter: A triumph of our new king
(Editor's note: NonDoc publishes letters to the editors. The following creative writing was submitted as a rhetorical examination of Donald Trump's impending presidency. Submit...
