Commentary
NonDoc.com serves as a responsible public forum for news and commentary. Our commentary section is open for public submission on a variety of topics. Promotional pieces are not accepted as commentary submissions.
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Okies often hate good journalism when it’s about football
I've made my feelings known about sportswriters before, and I've even masqueraded as a brainless one when I thought I had a hot take....
Holiday stress: One man’s ‘scientific’ analysis
Holiday stress
It's not that I hate this time of year — I'm no Grinch — but as I get older, I'm finding more reasons...
NewsOK makes ironic editorial decision on Mixon video
The way NewsOK.com handled its Friday release of the Joe Mixon fight video highlights the delicate nature of an editorial decision that we warned...
‘Peddle your gussied-up science denialism elsewhere’
FAIRFIELD BAY, Ark. — Here we are again, rolling our eyes at an editorial in The Oklahoman.
And we — the midwestern working class, humans...
In #oklaed Twittersphere, ‘fight fire with facts’
When I first came across The Whistle (@JusTheFaks) in the #oklaed Twittersphere, I was intrigued by his or her knowledge of school reform. So...
Letter: A triumph of our new king
(Editor's note: NonDoc publishes letters to the editors. The following creative writing was submitted as a rhetorical examination of Donald Trump's impending presidency. Submit...
There is a War on Christmas, but it’s not what you think
For Christians, this weekend culminates with the celebration of the birth of the Christ child who came to provide the greatest gift — self-sacrifice...
Rumsfeld’s ‘known unknowns’ more salient in hindsight
I was falling down the Spotify rabbit hole of music the other night when I came across an electro-industrial act called Eat Static. Typified...
2016 must die: One more week of this wretched year
I'll speak for myself while assuming I also speak for a great deal of you folks out there: 2016 needs to end already.
Sure, 2016 as...
Poems on war and power ‘as the dead cannot speak’
(Editor’s note: NonDoc publishes poetry and creative writing in addition to commentary and news reporting. To submit your poetry for consideration, email editorial@nondoc.com.)
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