Commentary
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Pandemic proves importance of new poll workers
The rituals of working an election are familiar to many poll workers: tear “I Voted” stickers off the roll, set out a big stock...
‘Discussions with people’: NonDoc staff visits Duncan
DUNCAN — Our small staff here at NonDoc is based in the Oklahoma City metro, but we try to keep tabs on events, issues...
100 percent chance of Purple Rain: A poem on Prince
(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....
Math explains why your vote actually does matter
Mathematicians like to joke that the lottery is a tax on people who don’t understand probability. Actually, that’s all humanity, at least when we’re...
Real ID: Thank you so much for playing my game
You really need a Real ID, for real. We, as Oklahomans, have been told this by the federal government for quite a while, but...
’Nice Jewish kid from New York’ now an Israeli soldier
When I lived in Los Angeles, I had a neighbor by the name of Yitzi Devor.
Yitzi, 25, was born in Far Rockaway Queens but came...
Deadspin sucks (and other Deadspin-style headlines)
Let me be clear, I don't think Deadspin sucks.
But if I were working for the successful Gawker-media sports site — which I used to read...
Stitt, tribal leaders pack their poker faces for court
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and leaders of local tribal nations have played their high-stakes game to a virtual stalemate now, neither side abandoning their...
Gov. Meathead should bring back Onion Burger Day at the State Capitol
Give credit where credit is due. The cookout held by Gov. Kevin Stitt this past week in response to a billboard calling him a...
Electric election: Norman’s shocking powerline politics
Tree lovers versus the power company?
More like two sides — a city and a utility — who are almost in agreement, yet quite distant...