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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. To learn the guidelines for submitting commentary pieces, pitch your topic and thesis statement to editorial@nondoc.com.
giving

‘Tis the season for giving, but we’re being selfish

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I...
Holtzclaw

A poem on Holtzclaw: ‘For Pseudo-Gardeners’

(Editor's note: The following poem was written prior to the verdict in the Daniel Holtzclaw trial.) For Pseudo-Gardeners by Candace Liger You may see a plant with...
bacon

Sunday Funday: Don’t fear the weeper

Don't Fear The Weeper by Derek Baruch Von Geiger Cry, young man. Cry, old man. Cry in between. Cry when you can. Don't become mean, Mean as in base, Or you may...
Hillary Clintonvideo

Hillary Clinton calls for Medicaid expansion at Tulsa rally

TULSA — Hillary Clinton told an energetic Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame crowd on Friday that the state of Oklahoma should expand Medicaid to...
lynching

Chilling, historical poetry: Oklahoma lynching

(Editor's Note: The following poem is from author James Coburn's book, Words of Rain.) Oklahoma Lynching by James Coburn Mosquitoes tasted blood of white men Standing shoulder-to-shoulder across...
Jim Thompson fiction

Jim Thompson wrote ‘hard-boiled existential noir’

Imagine it is the early 1950s, and you are preparing to board a Greyhound for a three-hour trip. You need something to help pass...

Fed up with feminism, ready to be a human being

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — I am done with feminism. Done. Done. Done. And now that I’m technically working for “free” until 2016 thanks to the...
parent revolution

‘Parent Revolution’ pushes bad charter school rhetoric

Even among Oklahoma City residents, not that many outsiders venture into the neighborhood around F.D. Moon Elementary School. My three incredibly satisfying decades of...

Faith community dialogue: Criminal justice reform

(Editor’s Note: Vital Conversations is a running series of commentaries from various faith leaders. The series is sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary, though contributions...

Readers blast Red Dirt Report for ‘Trump Nazi’ post

Ridiculous. Dishonest. Childish. Asked to characterize the above Facebook post from the Red Dirt Report in a single word Tuesday, two friends and I were harsh. Red...

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