Death and poverty: Thank God for Alabama?
Last year's landmark study, The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children, by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren and Lawrence Katz, documented the vast disparities in...
‘Rachel from cardholder services’ must die
There is someone in my life who needs to die. I hate everything about her, and I can't take it anymore.
She calls me all the...
High school junior: ‘Oklahoma is failing its students’
Whispers among the students and faculty of Classen School of Advanced Studies have gotten louder in recent days, but this buzz does not entail...
‘Intense’ experiences at Moon highlight KIPP’s limitations
The controversy over the proposal to expand the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), starting with the takeover of a neighborhood school building, prompted me...
Sundaze: A naked lunch in the political echo chamber
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
Black Canyon of The Gunnison: Failure is an option
Nature can dare a person to attempt challenges. “Just over that next hill … ” is a common refrain for many different situations heard...
OKCPS: Neu resignation would highlight old problems
Twenty years of working within the system to improve Oklahoma City's schools has convinced me that there is plenty of blame to be shared,...
Conservative support of alternatives underscores death penalty’s failures
Support for the death penalty in America’s most conservative corners has been crumbling as of late. The Nebraska Legislature voted overwhelmingly to repeal capital...
Milady of the Beer: ‘I’m superb at love and war’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
OK’s ‘insane’ mental health system parallels education
The Oklahoman’s Graham Lee Brewer began his report on the Oklahoma Mental Health Forum with the words of OKC Police Capt. Jeff Pierce, who...
