Understanding Associated Risks in an Era of Protest

I remember attending a training session in college that included a presentation on sexual assault. At one point, the speaker advised women to be cautious about accepting drinks or drinking too much at parties.

An Impossible Journey That Helped Win a Revolution

In the history of great events, there are usually hundreds of smaller moments that make them possible. While those moments are critical at the time, they are often lost to history. Such is the case with the American Revolution, which we are commemorating this year.

Under The Dome

Last Thursday, my son Zachary participated in Senior Night for his wrestling team.Zach, a senior at Putnam North, has been on the team for a couple of years now. He loves wrestling and his is a typical teenaged boy. He’s also spent his entire life dealing with catastrophic heart defects.

When Protest Threatens Democracy

For me, one of the most important issues we face moving forward is our respect for law and democracy. Whether one agrees with it or not, ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is a legal federal agency carrying out legally authorized duties.

The Pamphlet That Made Our Nation

On the first day of class each semester, when discussing expectations, I tell my students that the most important things I hope they learn is how to write.

Oklahoma Legislature now forced to fix Walters' errors

Ryan Walters should be ashamed.For two years, Walters served as Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Constitution 101: Revenue and Presentation Clauses

As we begin the new year, we are also starting a new section of Article I, one of the most familiar and important parts of our Constitution.When we think about constitutional protections, we often focus on checks and balances, and one of the most notable of those checks is the presidential veto.

New SNAP regulations aren't really that helpful

For the record, the great state of Oklahoma has a population of more than four million people.Of that figure, roughly 700,000 - close to 18% of the entire population - don’t get enough to eat and are forced to rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food on their table.

Will SNAP changes lead to healthier food choices?

What began in 1939 to help move surplus foods has grown into what is now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, administered by the USDA.Much has been written about recent changes to the program that seek to prohibit the purchase of unhealthy foods.

Still a City on a Hill: Celebrating 250 Years Of the American Experiment

“We must delight in each other; make others’ conditions our own; rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, as members of the same body...