You can count an apple’s seeds but not the seed’s apples
Even if my colleagues disagree, they will understand why I believe that teaching high school history and government is the best job in what...
There’s more than one glass ceiling
Hillary Clinton metaphorically broke another glass ceiling by being nominated for president at the 2016 DNC.
No word on yet whether she will receive the...
SD 13 GOP runoff pits Jet McCoy versus Greg McCortney
(Editor's Note: As with NonDoc's #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma's ongoing...
OKC City Council sets special election on firefighter contract
(Update: This post was updated at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, to include comment from OKC assistant city manager M.T. Berry. It was updated...
Editorial: Use math to end Oklahoma runoff elections
In exactly three weeks, some Oklahomans will go back to the polls to vote (again) in a runoff election for whom their political party should...
I still breastfeed my 2-year-old (and it’s fine)
I’m a mom. My little bear is 26 months old. He is a Taurus. He’s spirited. He likes choo-choo trains, clocks, baby bell cheese...
Filter: Gov. Fallin and the $140 million question
Fresh off her speech at the Republican National Convention, Oklahoma's Gov. Mary Fallin returned home last week to offer her suggestions on the state's...
Education funding: A tale of two governors’ failures
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Wednesday's news that Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is considering a special session for the purpose of passing a teacher-pay raise reminded me —...
SQ 792 beer, wine coalition: ‘We have a great opportunity’
If State Question 792 passes in November, many Oklahoma business leaders will be raising a glass in celebration.
SQ 792 would modernize the state's liquor...
School improvement requires win-win policies
The contemporary school-reform movement was based on the theory that, as long as educators were held accountable for school improvement that raised test scores,...
