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Lion Jump

Sundaze: The cowardly lion was the biggest badass in Oz

Going over the rollercoaster of news from the White House this past week, along with the subsequent explanations for more Russian connections to this...
native son

Does Oklahoma care about native son Charlie Christian?

It's rare that we will greenlight a question headline on NonDoc, but it's also rare that we directly advocate for a public body to...

Okie folksters rub elbows with Ani DiFranco in KCMO

Oklahoma traditionally has a high profile at the Folk Alliance International conference, and this year was no exception. The 2017 installment also featured a high-profile special...
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Photos and video: Parades amaze at Carnival in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro's Carnival built its fame over the last 300 years as the world's largest street party. The event tops the list...
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Citing safety, OMES prohibits projecting artwork on Capitol tarps

(Editor's note: This post has been updated to include comment from Jack Fowler.) The Office of Management and Enterprise Services released a statement this afternoon...
Woody Guthrie

Giant Woody Guthrie projected onto Oklahoma Capitol

This Capitol is your Capitol, this Capitol is my Capitol. That's the bastardized ditty I hum to myself every time I experience plumbing problems and drive two miles...
Mogadishu

Sundaze: Reporting live from Mogadishu

Reporting from Mogaadishuuuuu… By Kariuki wa Nyamu  Grenades are hurled! Bullets meet bullets, in human raids and sink deep into flesh, as rifles take final assault! Men perish...
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In TV spots, Chickasaws specialize in revisionist history

What exactly are the Chickasaws selling in all those television commercials? Are they advertising for tourists to visit their cultural center? Are they trying to...
calm down

No, I will not calm down (and neither should you)

A now-viral New York Times op-ed by Sabrina Tavernise spells out a disturbing refrain I have heard for a few weeks now. It begs...
educator's guide

Educator’s guide to Islam a step in the right direction

All you need is love, or at least information. The Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter of Oklahoma (CAIR-OK) released its Educator's Guide to Islamic Religious...

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