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OCPA presents "The Rule of Law and Liberty: Why States Matter" tonight in Tulsa

Tonight, Thursday, January 22, 2015, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) will present the second in a series of programs on the fundamental principles undergirding liberty and the rule of law: "Why States Matter." The program will be held at the Herman and...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2015 10:43 AM

Daniel Elazar, federalism, and federal theology

I was trying to find out who came up with the threefold classification of American political cultures as moralistic, individualistic, and traditionalistic. (For moralistic, think English Puritans and Norwegian Lutherans -- think Minnesota and the upper Midwest. For individualistic, think Scotch-Irish, frontiersmen, and the Southwest. For traditionalistic, think big cities...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 3, 2009 10:59 PM