by Michael Bates | May 1, 2023 | Counties and Districts, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
First-ever Wayback Machine snapshot of BatesLine.com, from August 5, 2003 Twenty years ago today at 6:01 am, the first blog entry at batesline.com came into being, an automatically generated entry proclaiming, “MovableType 2.63 has been successfully...
by Michael Bates | Apr 30, 2023 | Culture, Education, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
A recent tweet from Jeremy Tate, founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT): Classical education is fundamental an educational [sic] it what it means to be fully human. It is not a politically conservative alternative to the already politically hijacked...
by R3publicans | Apr 29, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
Joe Biden with a dismal approval rating of 37% has announced that he is running for a second term. How can he possibly win? By again stealing the election. Democrats control the large cities in swing states. In the past two elections, they have proven that they can...
by R3publicans | Apr 28, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
We hear ad nauseum from political and media elites that the war in Ukraine is about preserving "our freedoms" Murray Rothbard had something to say about this sophistry. Image Credit:Fokke Hassel / Getty Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Western...
by Jamison Faught | Apr 27, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Governor Kevin Stitt probably prepared with some stretches and knuckle-cracking before he set out on a veto spree for the ages last night.In an escalation of the fight at the State Capitol over passing tax cuts and education reform, and in particular frustration with...
by R3publicans | Apr 27, 2023 | OKGrassroots, R3publicans
EMAIL “A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press,” proclaimed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. But he was referring only to the Chinese government crackdown on Hong Kong journalists early last year. Unfortunately, the Biden...
