by Adam Soltani | Red Dirt Report | Sep 5, 2014 | In The News
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. This past week has been one of the more challenging week’s I have seen as the director of the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic...
by Adam Soltani | Oklahoma Gazette | Jul 30, 2014 | In The News
I recently received a call from a parent in northeast Oklahoma concerned about a History Channel video titled Conspiracy: Oklahoma City Bombing that was shown in her child’s Oklahoma history classroom at Jenks Freshman Academy. One would assume that materials used to...
by Adam Soltani | Oklahoma Gazette | May 14, 2014 | In The News
According to the website for the United States Senate, “Upon taking office, senators-elect must swear or affirm that they will ‘support and defend the Constitution.’” Our elected officials are not only voted upon by people within our state to represent Oklahoma but...
by Adam Soltani | Oklahoma Gazette | Apr 16, 2014 | In The News
It was one year ago that tragedy struck Boston as innocent lives were lost and others injured during the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing. Oklahomans, along with all other Americans, were glued to their televisions in an attempt to make sense of yet another...
by Adam Soltani | Oklahoma Gazette | Mar 5, 2014 | In The News
On Feb. 17, two bills that would require the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in our state cleared the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee. Senate Bills 1143 and 1500 change this from a provision of authorization to one of requirement;...