Ernest Istook
Ernest Istook
Ernest James Istook Jr.is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. He held his congressional seat for 14 years, completing seven terms in the House. Currently, Istook is a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., and also a talk radio host. In 2010 Istook became a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School leading a study on Propaganda in American Politics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 February 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math parents must push and help their children to meet this goal.
The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home.
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.
Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.
While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.
The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.
America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.
There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.
English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.
We are all American. If we believe that we are Americans, if we believe that what binds us together is what we have in common, then it must include the common language, and that common tongue is English.
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom.
Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.