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Local media mishandle panhandling headlines
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of panhandlers in OKC's medians, local media love it. It's that perfect combination of public awareness...
Thirty pages from the Watonga Republican
I wrote Monday about various oddities and tidbits found in the Beckham County Record-Democrat.
One thing I didn't have time to mention is how interesting...
Vital Conversations: Truth seekers can lose arguments
(Editor's Note: Vital Conversations is a running series of commentaries from various faith leaders. The series is sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary, though many...
Meet George Milburn, a forgotten Oklahoma writer
Oklahoma produced several writers of note during the 1930s, when the state was thought to yield only dust and immigrants. Most of them were...
Rep: Criminal-justice reform deserves bipartisan support
The attention surrounding criminal justice reform has never been greater. More and more stakeholders believe decades of "tough-on-crime" policies have been as tough on...
A tale of two festivals
I wish Open Streets OKC could be more like WestFest.
Both festivals are billed as family-friendly, all-day events. Both seek to highlight the growing walkability...
School bonds, meth and football: The Record-Democrat
One of my favorite pastimes is perusing the pages of local newspapers, big and small.
Maybe it’s the journalist in me, but something always tickles...
‘Outdated structure’ makes schools suffer
Schools have always been a flashpoint for society’s cultural disagreements, but rhetoric in Oklahoma has recently grown heated. The combination of a financial crisis,...
Sunday Funday: With others ‘losing,’ Trump says, ‘Hadouken!’
(Editor's Note: To submit poetry, prose, short stories, art or other creative writing for Sunday Funday, please write to editorial@nondoc.com.)
Losing
Why do people say she's...
You don’t have to fear my Muslim friends
Thursday afternoon, I finished up a consultant work trip to our nation's capital and teed up Uber for my long trip to Dulles airport in...
