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Web scraping hits NonDoc (and probably your site, too)
Thanks to some jackass robot, I recently learned about something known as web scraping.
Basically, and in the sense that it's relevant to NonDoc, people use...
Evils of terrorism, large and small, at your doorstep
AUSTIN, Texas — Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist.
McVeigh was an American-born, lily-white, homegrown terrorist who killed 168 people, grievously injured three times that number...
OCPA Impact: More than a ‘penny tax’ in Boren proposal
Much has been said about University of Oklahoma President David Boren’s proposal for a new, statewide, "one-cent" sales tax. A portion of proceeds from...
Uncomfortable convos for OKCPS: race, class, parenting
The most difficult and most emotional dispute in education is over the assessment of disciplinary consequences for student misconduct. The issue requires conversations about...
Sunday Funday: Jesus and Vermin Supreme
No Room at the Inn
by Derek Geiger
I forget what Jesus said
When I become afraid.
Though His words are bolded red,
They seem to run away.
It's not...
KD’s Oklahoma Hall of Fame induction looks like begging
When I was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2006, a long-time legislator warned me, "A lot of people are gonna act like they...
The scraps: Dating tales for the doggie plate
If you've been reading NonDoc lately, you've probably noticed our miniseries on the perils and pitfalls of online dating. We covered women's nightmare encounters...
To the Enid News & Eagle sports editor: Really, dude?
I live in Oklahoma, and I love Oklahoma, but I have come to terms with the fact that it is not always the most...
Presidential candidates to invade your ‘deep dreams’
As the holiday season moves its slow thighs into our work weeks, we begin to enter the doldrums of seasonal productivity. Annual ad budgets...
Grantland’s end deals blow to traditional sports writing
Good sports writing didn’t die on Oct. 30, but it surely took a heartrending blow.
ESPN shuttered its Grantland website just weeks ago, ending a...
