Commentary
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Redux: If Trump wins, conventional wisdom loses, again
(Editor's note: On Sept. 2, 2015, NonDoc's second day of publication, Nashville-based political strategist John Rowley penned the following commentary, If Trump wins, conventional wisdom...
‘Old-man sports fan’ ready for OU basketball opener
Sunday, OU basketball season starts, and considering how sports can distract us from political ruminations — perhaps too much? — I for one am...
How Obama’s policies accidentally helped Trump
Even before the shocking defeat of Hillary Clinton, veteran commentators were describing the 2016 presidential election as the demise of The Third Way, the...
Kierig: Trump’s win threatens NATO alliances, trust
Driving back from a state question watch party in Oklahoma City last Tuesday night, I refused to believe it was true: Trump was winning in...
Letter: Hamilton was wrong, Electoral College ‘sucks’
To the editors:
Let's remember that the Founders were not perfect. Their Electoral College sucks. They invented it because they feared complete direct democracy, a...
Facebook ‘killed’ comedian James Nghiem
Indulging in narcissism and being "emo as fuck" are the glues that hold my day together, so when Facebook informed me I was dead...
Sundaze: Turkey talk for a lovely November
A little turkey talk for your Sundaze
I am tired of politics.
— Mike Allen
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art...
Exo-Estrogen: ‘I am eliminating my body’
(Editor's note: If you like the poem Exo-Estrogen by Lindsey Allgood, submit your own poetry to editorial@nondoc.com.)
Exo-Estrogen
by Lindsey Allgood
I am eliminating my body
I am...
‘Be the change’ in the shadow of Donald Trump
On the eve of Donald Trump's presidential win, I think I was in shock. It didn't seem real. At the time, I was too...
Trump’s win could trigger Fallin, Lamb, Boren dominoes
The election of Donald Trump as president may ultimately set off a chain of events that could shape government power in Oklahoma for the next two...