Commentary
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Unpacking the legacy of Woody Guthrie’s Okemah home
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was born in Okemah, Okla., to a family that had a fair number of issues well before there was a Dr....
From the founder: A transition, for NonDoc and myself
When I founded NonDoc on Aug. 31 of last year with a team of creatives and journalists, my hope was I could some some day transition...
Pressed releases: Silver budget linings; Travis Meadows
It's been said that, in either Chinese or Japanese, the word for crisis and the word for opportunity are the same.
While that's actually horse shit, it is true...
‘Simple math missing from gross production tax issue’
(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...
Oklahoma’s legislative term limits: ‘It seemed like a good idea’
In 1990, Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved State Question 632 to impose term limits on the service of legislators. The constitutional amendment, which received 67...
Baseball: An escape from – and microcosm of – life itself
I have never been a true Sports Fan. I don't follow a team, and I cringe every time I hear a fan refer to anything...
Subtle factors combine to fuel school-to-prison pipeline
The Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has published a study examining the civil rights impact of school discipline and juvenile-justice...
Brexit and the triumph of Monty Python politics
It is not often that I begin writing something with the phrase “I hope I am wrong.”
But that is indeed the case here, looking...
U.K. native: Brexit illustrates nostalgia’s power, danger
DALLAS — It’s been a few days since my home nation decided to leave the European Union, and I’ve had time to process my...
‘We should be fixin’ to fix a broke Oklahoma’
Imagine if we Oklahomans were as good at fixing a broke government as we are at fixing everything else. What would that look like?
Okies...
