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A message from NonDoc’s newest partner: Ashiq Zaman
I first heard the phrase “a filter, not a funnel” around 2007 at The OU Daily (then known as The Oklahoma Daily).
The Daily's editor in...
News 9 education series finds ‘joyful’ learning in Finland
There are a lot of reasons why News 9’s special report, Educate Oklahoma, is bound to be honored with national journalism awards.
The biggest reason...
Letter: Blame earthquake on Fallin, ‘oilpatch boyfriends’
To the editors:
Thanks to Gov. Mary Fallin and her oilpatch boyfriends, Oklahoma has hit a new numerical high: a second 5.6 earthquake, this time...
National anthem drama highlights American rights
One of the more routine tasks of being a public address announcer during my time at Langston University involved playing the national anthem at sporting...
A Nepali Tale: ‘His life is pure kindness’
A Nepali Tale
by James Coburn
Tea pot whistles
with steam sent flying
in a sarangi hiss.
An old gray shopkeeper's eyes
take aim as dim as they be.
His Nepali...
Tip share ruling could be huge change to gov’t authority
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employers pay their employees a minimum wage. If the employee is in a job that "customarily...
Farmer for Yes on SQ 777: ‘Ask farmers what they think’
(Editor's Note: NonDoc agreed to publish Point/Counterpoint pieces on State Question 777 from two organizations, Oklahoma Farmers Care and Oklahomans for Food, Farm and Family....
Two Americas: Racial inequality has persisted since ’60s
Many years after the protests of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, we still regularly see instances of racism and prejudice alive in America.
The horrific...
The Oklahoman’s criticism of school funding is unfair
School finance is complicated enough without The Oklahoman muddying the waters in an attempt to shift much of the blame for chronic underfunding of schools to...
Pneumonia: Hillary Clinton’s sputum enters public discourse
Friday, Hillary Clinton's doctor reportedly diagnosed the 2016 presidential candidate with pneumonia.
The diagnosis was not made public until Sunday afternoon when she left New York...
