Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Culture

DQ, Dairy Queen

Happy tastes good: Oklahoma wants to be Texas?

Bring back the ol' "Texas Stop Sign," as they say. I know there are still a few Dairy Queen's around Oklahoma, but if Oklahoma...
Sofiya Pasternack

Folklore and magic in Sofiya Pasternack’s Anya and the Nightingale

(Editor’s note: NonDoc’s Author Umbrella interviews up-and-coming writers, particularly authors of color, authors of disability and LGBTQ+ authors. The interviews have been transcribed and lightly edited...
rolling blackouts

Rolling blackouts: Storm saga so confusing

When I received an email from OG&E this past week urging me and everyone else to conserve electricity, I almost started laughing. The email was...
too cold for Cupid

You’re on your own: It’s too cold for Cupid this year

By the time you read this it will be Valentine's Day, and if the weather forecasts are correct, large amounts of snow will be...
Charlie and the Vaccine Factory

COVID vaccine: Never doubt what nobody is sure about

Charlie looks pretty discouraged, but here in Oklahoma it seems that a fair number of people have been able to book a COVID-19 vaccine...
A mask for thee, but not for me

Oklahoma Legislature: A mask for thee, but not for me

Ah, yes: A mask for thee, but not for me. As the 2021 Oklahoma legislative session starts, there are some new pandemic-related guidelines in...
Q

Quite the quandary: Q followers feel let down

Where do we Q from here? The broad question about the Q Anon movement has been asked by many recently, but with Joe Biden's...
Wings of Ebony

In Wings of Ebony, debut author J. Elle brings magic to Houston’s Third Ward

(Editor’s note: NonDoc’s Author Umbrella interviews up-and-coming writers, particularly authors of color, authors of disability and LGBTQ+ authors. The interviews have been transcribed and lightly edited...
assault on the Capitol

Some call the assault on the Capitol unprecedented, but we have seen this before

I’ve been writing about Oklahoma’s place in the American master narrative for a while now. My sense that we’re the repository for the nation’s...
jeopardizing the state of Oklahoma

Pop quiz: What is jeopardizing the state of Oklahoma?

This week in "How We Are Prolonging Bad Things" we have Gov. Kevin Stitt versus parents and teachers. It's a bout for the ages,...

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