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.
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A fan’s journey from the OKC Cavalry to OKC Thunder
The popularity of basketball in OKC mirrors this city's growth. The sport has, in a way, rewritten history on an individual level. The fabric...
Sundaze: Kill the numb
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
Poems from Iraq: ‘The war wrote your name in the list of death’
In May, NonDoc received poetry submissions for our Sundaze series from Faleeha Hassan, a self-identified feminist poet, playwright and teacher from Najaf, Iraq.
It's not...
Sundaze from South Africa: ‘Dear President…’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
Sundaze: ‘We are Pulse’
Comic First
Poem Second
We are Pulse
(Cast your stones unto the ground)
by Derek Geiger
We're born into this world with darkness on our backs,
Targets primed and ready to...
Sundaze: The U.K., the EU and African ways of love
Comic First
Poems Second
Truly Soothing
by Gift Kithi
I am engrossed by the feeling of being a child,
So best to be too good to realize the agency of time,
It...
Shaming third-graders: How school reform fails students
Virginia third-grade teacher Launa Hall exposed a shocking example of how corporate school reform has lost its soul, and a surprising innovation known as...
Education legislation creates victories in ‘reform wars’
The 2016 Oklahoma legislative session was awful. The Republican-controlled House, Senate and executive branch ducked their responsibilities, but we can shout for joy about...
‘Pressed’ releases: Meowapalooza, rain barrels & fishin’
In a newsroom setting, one could argue that a publication is like a car's engine that uses ad sales as the fuel.
To extend the automotive metaphor,...
Charlie Christian in the news, still out of the Okla. HoF
Posthumously, it's been a busy week for American jazz legend Charlie Christian, as the 2016 version of the international music festival named in his honor kicked off...
