Culture
Plenty of cooks in the Oklahoma education kitchen
As the state's beleaguered education system again shapes up to be the topic du jour — or de l'année — among members and observers...
Sorry, Bro: Taleen Voskuni delves into Armenian culture
(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 for...
Budget hearing previews the last ride of Mark McBride
As the cold and barren off-seasson for lawmakers thaws and the first session of Oklahoma's 59th Legislature approaches, the focus in January has been state...
Last week on This Old Attorney General’s Office
You could say that some political offices in this state are real "fixer-uppers."
If you're a long-time reader of this site, you may know how...
Valentine voting: For the love of democracy
Who will you choose as your Valentine, or I mean who is your preferred candidate for public office on Tuesday?
On a day when you...
Scarlet Le-Cao: ‘Our community is like an extended family’
Earlier this year, Scarlet Le-Cao became the first president of the recently formed Greater Oklahoma City Asian Chamber of Commerce. She serves as executive...
Cockfighting fight turns back time at Oklahoma Capitol
Feathers are flying in the Oklahoma Legislature again, and this time it's over an old topic — cockfighting — that has been born anew...
SQ 820: We’ve got another election on our hands
March is upon us, and things are looking a bit green for the state of Oklahoma this month. It's the time of year when...
SB 7: Will the Okla. House lock in Daylight Saving Time?
Well, here we are again. Daylight Saving Time has us adjusting our daily lives, sleep schedules and probably eating habits. You could almost say...
For Sunshine Week, support journalists in the fight for open government
When I took a State Capitol reporting class at the University of Oklahoma in 1977, I was assigned to write a weekly news report for...