Compared to recent years, 2022 seemed tolerable
So another year comes to a close, as they always seem to do, but this time it doesn't feel as bad as some others,...
‘This is a BFD’: The romance of nuclear fusion heats up
Ah, the holday season, when bells are ringing, children are singing and nuclear attraction is in the air.
That's right, the U.S. Department of Energy...
Mike Leach made a major impression on OU football
On the first play of its annual spring game in April 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners football team lined up in a familiar way: a...
Introducing NonDoc’s endowment for journalism jobs
As the American media industry changes and historic newspaper operations shrink, how can civic-minded people ensure that Oklahoma community journalism endures, adapts and becomes...
Weird local rules mean extra Edmond elections
(Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the City of Edmond website noted that one of the remaining mayoral challengers had withdrawn his candidacy, functionally cancelling...
Longtime newsman talks newspaper troubles
Will newspapers survive? It’s a question that most people in my generation have been asking for years, with evidence considered for the answer becoming...
2022 World Cup draws cause cultural comparisons
If you didn't know — and perhaps you genuinely did not — the World Cup is happening, and the United States team is doing......
Seasonal affective disorder is real, and there are ways to fight it
Every Oklahoman knows that extreme weather is part of living in this state. We’ve seen wild temperature swings, crop-killing droughts, killer tornadoes, branch-snapping ice...
Straight party voting throws quite a rager in Oklahoma
Straight party voting is a feature of Oklahoma's electoral process that many people would like to see eliminated — many people who are not...
An ‘I voted’ sticker is the prize for enduring all these ads
So the big day — Election Day — is almost here.
The suffering caused by the slog of constant political attack ads while trying to...


















