It Looks Like We Forgot
Posted by Ada Coddington Twenty years later, the people who ruined everything are still sitting on top. Apr. 2, 2003 – U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Phiffer stands guard duty near a burning oil well in the Rumaylah Oil Fields in Southern Iraq. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson.) I know […]
The Border as an Attractive Nuisance
Posted by Ada Coddington Among the victims of our ambivalent and half-hearted enforcement of immigration laws are the migrants themselves. Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021: Haitian migrant families wait in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. Nelson Antoine/Shutterstock If you don’t put a fence around your […]
Living in Isolation
Posted by Ada Coddington photo credit: Bigstock In the American political system, the president is the symbol of the democratic process, the embodiment of the general will. With few exceptions, he gains office by winning a majority of votes in what is close to a national plebiscite. If the radicals get their way, it will […]
Local talk radio returns to Tulsa on 1300 the Patriot
Local (almost), live conservative talk radio has returned to the Tulsa airwaves, on the frequency that was the first full-time talk radio station in Tulsa over 40 years ago. AM 1300 KAKC, owned by iHeartMedia, has rebranded itself as 1300 The …
Neanderthal Man’s Recreated Face Takes Internet By Storm
Posted by Ada Coddington A Neanderthal man’s face was recently reconstructed by a team of experts, with his image going viral all over the world as people appreciated his good humor and magnetic personality. Credit: Facebook/Archaeology Magazine A recreation of a Neanderthal man’s face is turning heads all over the world – not only for […]
Small: no reason to hand over policy to leftist medical lobbyists
No reason to defer to “expertise” of medical associations
By Jonathan Small
One of the great myths of politics is that the policy stances of medical associations reflect the views of most doctors. But that claim is being dispelled more and more as medica…
Afghanistan: Ex-Bagram inmates recount stories of abuse, torture
Posted by Ada Coddington Former prisoners return to the now abandoned US-run Bagram jail, which was notorious for enhanced interrogations. Hamza recounts the torture he endured during his imprisonment at Bagram Bagram, Afghanistan – Hajimumin Hamza walks through a long, dark corridor and carefully inspects the area as if he has never seen it before. […]
1889 Institute: Oklahoma’s tax system can be improved
PRINCIPLES FOR SOUND TAX POLICYOklahoma’s tax system can be improved.OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (July 15, 2021) – The 1889 Institute has published “The Why and How of Sound Tax Policy,” an exploration into the principles that should be followed in formulating t…
Tulsa redistricting commission considers plans
Tomorrow, September 24, 2021, the City of Tulsa Election District Commission will hold a special meetingto consider a set of five proposed plans for redrawing Tulsa’s city council district boundaries for possible presentation for public comme…
Fire Feeding Feds
The Feds are still feeding the Inflation fire. They might taper off on their bond buying spree but still plan to keep interest rates near zero. Meanwhile Republicans want to blame Democrats for raising the debt ceiling to make room for more fuel. Wall Street seems to have overcome its China angst, for now. It’s
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Republicans: Stop Funding An Unaccountable Military
Posted by Ada Coddington Ohio’s Rep. Davidson argues Congress must not authorize the NDAA until senior military leadership are held accountable and replaced. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the media on Afghanistan, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2021. […]
The $3.5 trillion monster includes Biden’s obscene gifts to his union backers
Posted by Ada Coddington President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget bill is unfair to non-union workers. EPA/Al Drago / POOL Nonunion workers make up nearly 90 percent of the US workforce. President Joe Biden is giving them the shaft. The massive $3.5 trillion budget bill Biden and Democratic lawmakers are trying to ram through Congress […]
If You Wouldn’t Keep Running Them Out Of The Profession, Teachers Wouldn’t Leave
Last month, State Superintendent Hofmeister (who referred to the recent Governor-requested, first ever audit of the OSDE as "yet another attack on public education") happily announced she had gifted Teach For America over four million dollars…
Wall Street out on a Ledge over China
Wall Street took a deep dive yesterday on news from China. Investors are afraid China’s biggest property developer, Evergrande Group, won’t be able to make payments on its debt. If that happens the company could collapse like Lehman Brothers in 2008 and take the economy down with it. To make matters worse the Wall Street
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Politics and the Politicization of the US Military
Posted by Ada Coddington “If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military” – Harry S. Truman Americans traditionally have been wary of a large permanent military establishment, believing it to be a threat to democratic institutions. This attitude goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers […]
Seeing The Biomedical Security State
Posted by Ada Coddington Giorgio Agamben, and a year and half of lockdowns, has shown us where we are. (By Dmitrii Iakimov/Shutterstock) “We can either have a free society or we can have a biomedical security state.” When Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis used this phrase in an early August press conference, it went viral on […]
PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Everett Piper Joins the ROPE2.0 Board
Monday, September 18th, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDr. Everett Piper Joins the Board of Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment (ROPE2.0)Read more »This blog originates from ROPE2: http://reclaimoklahomaparentempowerment.blogspot.com
Talk Radio Rebounds in Oklahoma
The historic KAKC radio signal has now switched to conservative talk radio, in Tulsa. It’s part of the iHeart Radio network and features the Premier Radio personalities that Rush Limbaugh’s business partners recruited over the decades. Oklahoma conservatives have enjoyed a long tradition of conservative political talk radio ever since Rush Limbaugh singlehandedly built the new genre in the early 1990s. Paradigm shifts have had some impact on how consumers get their…
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Milley Over The Horizon Surprise
A new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa claims Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told his Chinese counterpart, “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.” A month ago an Afghan family was surprised by a U.S. drone strike that killed
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State Reps. Caldwell, Roberts comment on Department of Education audit
Reactions are starting to come in regarding Governor Stitt’s requested – first ever – full audit of the State Department of Education. Click here for the (un)surprising take from Republican Republican-In-Name-Only State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid, today issued the following statement after the governor and the state auditor announced an investigative audit of the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System (OCAS) at the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).
Caldwell and 21 other lawmakers requested the audit last November after a report from State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd of EPIC Charter Schools revealed the OSDE failed to properly monitor the OCAS for compliance.
“I appreciate Governor Stitt calling for an audit of the State Department of Education. Following on the heels of the report from the state auditor last year that identified serious shortcomings in the department’s compliance efforts, 22 legislators asked the governor to further investigate these claims. With today’s announcement, Governor Stitt has followed through on the promise he made to Oklahoma taxpayers.