Commentary
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Rebuttal: Pets & People article misinformed, incorrect
Emily Garman unfairly used Pets & People Humane Society as an example in her passionate opinion piece about pet rescue and adoption. The piece...
Point: Sen. Brian Crain urges citizens to vote for SQ 779
(Editor's Note: NonDoc asked two sitting Republican state senators to author Point/Counterpoint commentaries on State Question 779, which would ad $0.01 to the state's...
Counterpoint: Sen. Kyle Loveless opposes SQ 779
(Editor's Note: NonDoc asked two sitting Republican state senators to author Point/Counterpoint commentaries on State Question 779, which would add $0.01 to the state's...
Education reform: Title I funds only part of the solution
I described the complexities of school funding and why the simplistic criticisms of local and state education systems are unjustified in a previous post here...
After this election, we can go back to being family again
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — "Donald Trump is smart and honest and fair and I believe he should be given a chance to bring our country...
Joe Exotic says he was booted from Trump fundraiser despite paying $1,000
NORMAN, Okla. — Second-tier presidential candidate and tiger wrangler Joe Exotic says he was kicked out of Donald Trump's Norman fundraiser this afternoon despite paying $1,000...
Trump Train rolls into Norman, spectacle ensues
The wacky, frightening and confrontational 2016 presidential election bled into my childhood Saturday when Donald Trump held a fundraiser two blocks from where I...
Empire, a short story in eight chapters
I.
When you name a town Empire, you shouldn’t be surprised if it develops a god-complex. A church, a school, a cemetery, a dozen meth...
Editorial: Tulsa officer Betty Shelby must be prosecuted
Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby is quite fucked. But things could be worse. She could be Terence Crutcher, who is dead.
That is to say,...
‘White silence is complicity’
TULSA — I hadn’t heard of the hashtag #whitechurchquiet until Wednesday night when I sat in the Metropolitan Baptist Church at a justice vigil for...