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Does Holland have a snowball’s chance for the Senate?
It's the end of an era, or it will be soon, I suppose.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) has announced that he will be retiring...
From worm to hand: Lessons of the oil patch
On my first day in the Oklahoma oil fields in 1978, working as a roughneck, the sum of my training was:
“Either of you worms...
Ryan Walters explores new math with budget request
We can all agree that we want nice things for our education system in the state of Oklahoma ... right? It can be hard...
President Trump: Undisputed champ of microaggression
Microaggression is not a new term, but, according to some media, it is a nouveau concept invented by overly sensitive, millennial college “snowflakes” who...
‘Teaching in Oklahoma is a dysfunctional relationship’
Following the absurd last week of the 2017 regular legislative session, Oklahoma made the front page of The Washington Post for gutting education funding...
Remember Oklahoma’s violent history, or be condemned to repeat it
During the recent gubernatorial debate, one candidate noted that Oklahoma has a higher violent crime rate than California. The other candidate responded with a...
Veteran journalist Michael McNutt joins NonDoc team
I'm back.
That quote from the 2003 movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the simplest way to announce my return to journalism, a...
Letter: SQ 777 ‘has nothing to do with family farming’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc believes in creating a responsible forum for the rational and respectful discussion of topics and ideas. As such, we run Letters to...
If Trump wins, conventional wisdom loses, again
Time and again, conventional wisdom is wrong in every arena where we keep score: politics, business, sports and finance.
A cadre of strategists and journalists...
SmartHours ruling angers some, confuses most
In my adulthood, I have attended many public meetings and dug many nuggets of truth from the banks of complex civic process. Still, the...