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Armless boy draws courage for Uganda and the world
(Editor's Note: NonDoc reporter Jack Fowler is also a musician, painter and a volunteer for the local nonprofit Pros for Africa. The organization supports...
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...
Making the case for school gardens as classrooms
TISHOMINGO — Gardening should be taught in schools, and not just because food is kind of important.
School gardens have been tied to higher standardized test...
KIPP OKC finances, data belie ‘credibility of its promises’
There are two big questions in regard to the KIPP plan for taking over the Martin Luther King Elementary School building. I’ve focused on the...
Token Oklahoman discovers ‘Oklahoma stigma’
While Oklahoma pride is something I've been taught ever since I learned to speak, I’ve always known that Oklahoma’s reputation beyond our borders hasn’t...
Quik Trip in OKC means delicious competition
Why does Tulsa have two Whole Foods stores anyway, while Oklahoma City only has one? Perhaps the answer lies in the aisles of a...
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...
‘Ma’am, being deaf is not a death sentence’
(Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three-part series on living with disability titled “Biting Hearing Aids.” Read part one here and part...
Zipper merging: The traffic trick most people get wrong
Because I know an article about zippers written by a geezer like me could be scary for some, let me assure you this has...
Letter: ‘Apathy’ about public corruption a problem
To the editors:
After reading the article about SB 1612 written by Tres Savage, I felt I needed to pass on a few thoughts. The...
