About: Steve Byas
Posts by Steve Byas
Wear the Mask or Face Termination: Plucky Oklahoma Teachers Fight Back Against Unlawful Mandates
Despite a recent Oklahoma state law (SB 658), the superintendent of the Oklahoma City Public School system has ordered all persons in the school district, including students, teachers, and...
The Perils of Interventionism and Nation Building
The recent debacle in Afghanistan is further evidence of the follies of foreign interventionism. ...
Who Is a “Natural Born” Citizen? The Question of Birthright Citizenship
Many today claim that any person born on U.S. soil is automatically a U.S. citizen. Is this what the Founders, and the authors of the 14th Amendment, intended? ...
Reports on Man Claiming Bomb Near U.S. Capitol Illustrate Media Bias
The surrender of a man from Cleveland County, North Carolina, to police near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday — following a tense standoff with police after he drove onto...
Senator Scott’s Call for Biden’s Removal Via 25th Amendment Raises Questions
Calls for removing Joe Biden via the 25th Amendment raise a host of questions and potential problems. ...
Champion of Blacks and Whites
Thomas Sowell has deployed his brilliant mind and powerful pen over many decades to impart the great principles of political and economic freedom that benefit all of us. ...
Afghanistan War Illustrates Dangers of Nation-building
When running for president in 2000, Governor George W. Bush of Texas promised that he believed the United States needed a “more humble foreign policy,” and that the country...
The Real History of “Juneteenth” and Emancipation
President Biden has made “Juneteenth” a federal holiday. In reality, June 19, 1865 was not the end of slavery in the United States. ...
Oklahoma Republican State Committee Fails to Censure Inhofe and Lankford
The Oklahoma Republican State Committee failed over the weekend to adopt a resolution of censure against Oklahoma’s two Republican U.S. senators, James Inhofe and James Lankford. ...
Maine Latest State to Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture
With the signature of Governor Janet Mills on Thursday, Maine became the fourth state in America to abolish civil asset forfeiture. ...
Breyer Resists Democrat Pressure to Step Down
Democrats are urging Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire this year so Biden can nominate and get confirmed a replacement before the Republicans regain control of the Senate....
The Lesson of the Cuban Protests for Americans
As thousands of freedom-seeking Cubans take to the streets to protest the communist dictatorship there, there are several lessons Americans can draw from those events. ...
Push for Nationalization of Police Continues with Latest Expansion of Capitol Police — to Florida, California
The Capitol Police announced that it is “in the process of opening Regional Field Offices in California and Florida with additional regions in the near future to investigate threats...
America’s Teacher Unions Push Critical Race Theory
Both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) appear intent on supporting teaching the school children of America that their country is an oppressive...
America’s Afghanistan Experience Illustrates the Dangers of Nation-building
Should we go abroad, searching for monsters to destroy? Or should we be the champions only of our own liberty? ...