Posts Tagged ‘Oklahoma’
Tulsa, OK Candidate Training
Basic Requirements for Good Citizenship
I’m continually amazed at the lack of knowledge in our society regarding civics. Over the course of the past year, I have had the privilege of teaching an introductory course on government at the college level. While a few of my students come into class with a sound background in American government, many more seem…
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Claremore, OK Activist Training
Lessons from Salamis
As I looked out over the U.S. Naval Base on approach to San Diego International Airport this past weekend, I pondered the great naval battles that marked turning points in history. Of course there are many: the great battle at Midway that turned the tide in favor of the Allied Forces against the empire of…
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One of the key components of the American Majority curriculum is our activist training seminar. In it, we focus on teaching people how to be an effective advocate for issues they care about. If we are going to see real change occur in our city halls, courthouses, and state capitols, we must realize the benefits…
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Wanted: Media Savvy Tea Party Leaders
We are living in some very interesting times in the Sooner State. This past week several Tea Party leaders within Oklahoma were spotlighted by the national media. Consequently, a few very unflattering stories were run both locally and nationally regarding the Tea Party movement within our state because of comments made by these leaders. These stories…
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Norman, OK Activist Training
A New Birth of Freedom
The heat of adversity yields steely resolve, so says Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Adjunct Scholar Paul Rahe in his landmark piece imploring conservatives to have heart, for this “could be our finest hour.” Rahe highlights his thoughts in Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift that Americans are “made of sterner stuff,” thus we have not fallen…
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Sometimes we get caught up in the moment. It’s only natural to get so focused on what is immediately in front of us that we forget to look at the big picture. The experts call this phenomenon “tunnel vision.” It happens in politics a lot, especially to those who are passionately engaged in a particular…
Read MoreA Center/Right Call to Action: Lessons Learned from a 100 Year War
On March 25th in Iowa City, Iowa, President Obama said the following: “On Tuesday, after a year of debate and a century of trying, after so many of you shared your stories and your heartaches and your hopes, that promise was finally fulfilled. And today, health insurance reform is the law of the land.” In…
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Alea Iacta Est
We have learned all too well that Americans’ regard for lessons in history goes back as far as yesterday’s lunch. Nevertheless, we stand watch on the precipice in hopes that this great republic will not go the way of the last one. And in that spirit we ready ourselves with a sobering recollection of those immortalized words…
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A good friend of mine recently quipped, “We have to hold government accountable. But if we don’t know what they’re doing in the government, how can we hold them accountable?”
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Taxation Despite Representation
There are only a few movies I really, really enjoy watching. Among them is Amistad. After all, I’m a history buff (particularly of antiquity and of the American founding era) as well as a political junky. So it comes as no surprise that I see all sorts of political metaphors on the silver screen. And…
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