One oddity of American political culture is that even in an age of diversity-uber-alles, our Presidential candidates tend to come with old-time cultural markers that Americans in, say, 1960 thought were keen.
Kamala is Old School
By Steve Sailer
Category Archives: Tulsa Speaks
Our American Leader
By David Arnett
Opinion: When former-President Donald J. Trump is elected again, America will have a leader worthy of the name. This will be a stark contrast with the duplicitous Non-Democratic Criminal Cartel of the morally vacuous currently destroying our personal and national economy and so much more.
In the immediate aftermath of the failed assassination attempt, President Trump thought first of the American people and stood with fist raised. Never surrender. Fight on for freedom. The message was clear. He said later he was most proud of the crowd because they didn’t run but immediately moved to provide aid and comfort to the injured. Trump wanted the world to know, America will always fight for Liberty against the fascists who are the evil they publicly rail against.
Comment on Senate’s Pro Tempore election
By David Arnett
In a press release today, OK Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, issued the following statement on the Oklahoma Senate’s July 15 Pro Tem election coinciding with the Republican National Convention.
“Greetings from Milwaukee and the Republican National Convention. Recently Oklahoma State Senate Caucus members were notified of a proposed rule change vote on the way our Senate caucus votes to elect its leadership. I am tired of people trying to rig elections in this country and the vote to corner the Senate Pro Tem seat is no different than past attempts to grab power. While I and several others are here supporting the nomination of former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for President, back home fast moves are being made to secure power within our own leadership.
No Need to “fix” Oklahoma Elections
By Jonathan Small
Opinion: Oklahoma has one of the nation’s best election systems. We use paper ballots that allow hand recounts, our ballot machines are not Internet connected, and results are completely tallied on Election Day.
Yet some people want to get rid of that system and replace it with one notorious for voter errors, lengthy delays in counting, and growing public distrust of results – “ranked choice” voting.
In a ranked-choice voting system, voters designate their first choice in a race, their second choice, and so on down the ballot. If no candidate receives majority support, the second-choice votes of the candidate who finishes last are reallocated to the remaining candidates. If no candidate clears 50 percent of the vote at that time, the process repeats again and again until one candidate has received a majority.
This idea has been tried elsewhere and the results speak for themselves. The system is a disaster.
It’s My Problem
By Jim Stovall
Regular readers of this weekly column in newspapers, magazines, and online publications around the world know that one of the greatest influences in my life and career is the work of Napoleon Hill. Hill had many groundbreaking lessons derived from his interviews with hundreds of the most successful people of his era. One of these profound principles is the concept of going the extra mile. Hill was born in the 19th century and did his research in the early 20th century.
Here in the 21st century, our job descriptions and roles tend to be very well-defined. People know what they are responsible for, and they also know what they are not responsible for. The difference between top-level performers and average people is the fact that top-level performers strive to serve their customers or clients in the marketplace and put everyone ahead of themselves in their personal lives.
Average people merely go to the boundary of their job descriptions or minimal expectations and stop there, often using the excuse, “It’s not my job.”
