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InstituteProfessor Mark McIntire, Senior Fellow
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Powerful, practical, basic e-Textbook trains high school, college, and university students in the art and science of Critical Thinking and Writing. In three parts REASON ARGUE REFUTE trains the ideas, principles, and methods of traditional deductive logic and inductive reasoning guarantees valid and sound argumentation and refutation. Ideal for adult learners in business or personal enrichment studies. Previous printed editions used by thousands of critical thinking students globally. Professor Mark McIntire has over 15 years experience in online teaching in critical thinking and writing at Santa Barbara City College.
If you like reading a ruthlessly honest autobiography, then you will like this one. It's all here...the triumphs and the tragedies spanning my 81 years on this planet. Born in 1944 I've lived through the end of one World War, the rule of 15 American Presidents, the assassinations of both JFK and Martin Luther King, and for over 10 years performed a one-man-show, JFK: A TIME REMEMBERED. I've studied for the Catholic priesthood mentored by a future Pope, taught philosophy for 32 years, overthrown a college president who hired me, been elected to the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors, served as senior political advisor to my friend Charlton Heston for 27 years, successfully argued the liberation of all American compulsory union members at the Supreme Court, and forced a $120,000.00 out of court settlement after the failed attempts of the communists at Santa Barbara City College to fire me from my faculty position of 23 years. Those are just some of the triumphs. There have been many tragedies as well. I lost my father to alcoholism when I was just 2 years-old, both my mother and my wife also drank themselves to death. My older brother committed suicide after he found out we did not have the same father. And, I've buried 3 lovers due to AIDS. So, I'm a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
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As you will read, I am not a great historical person, yet I’ve known some of them personally. I’m not profoundly wise, yet I am clever of wit. I am not lewd, yet I am lascivious. I’m well educated, yet not the president of Mensa. I’m not holy, yet I am moral. I am not world famous, yet I’m notorious on two coasts. I am not a saint, just habitually human. I’m always alone, but I’m never lonely. I prefer to laugh, but I can still cry. That’s the how of this autobiography. Of consequence then, the title for this effort is Sleepwalking With Certainty. It is a study of my contraries and even my pathetic contradictions as I follow the lamp to my feet, as my soul trudges along its arc of spirituality in the grips of mortality while frolicking among the ruins.
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STOA Institute is a free portal-hub of the necessary and sufficient resources enabling parents, students, faculty, tutors, legislators, jurists, and media to facilitate creating new schools free from the politics of public education regulation, tax-funding, and teacher unions. So, let us begin. Here is a free state by state database of organizations already creating new schools free of contemporary cultural wokeness as Charlton Heston warned in his 1999 Harvard Law School address in the video shared above.
So, here is a sample of the kind of resources STOA will share with you, our citizens, starting your own schools K-University free from government tax-funded agencies, regulations, and oppressions. It is a state-by-state searchable database for organizations near you that are already creating new schools though school choice legislation and policies with these resources:
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Database #1: STATES THAT PASSEED SCHOOL CHOICE LEGISLATION
FROM: STATE POLICY NETWORK
§ State:
Arkansas
§ Address: 55
Fontenay Circle Little Rock, AR 72223
§ Phone:
501-588-4245
§ State: Alabama
§ Address: 2213
Morris Avenue First Floor Birmingham, AL 35203
§ Phone: (205)
870-9900
§ Contact: Nikki
Richardson
§ State: Alaska
§ Address: 7926
Old Seward Hwy Ste A6 Anchorage, AK 99518
§ Phone:
907-334-5853
§ Contact:
Bethany Marcum
§ State:
Arkansas
§ Address: 111
Center Street, Suite 1200 Little Rock, AR 72201
§ Phone:
501-537-0825
§ Contact: Greg
Kaza
§ State:
Wisconsin
§ Address: 700 W.
Virginia Street Suite 301 Milwaukee, WI 53204
§ Phone:
414-225-9940
§ Contact:
Michael Jahr
§ State:
Tennessee
§ Address: 1200
Clinton Street #205 Nashville, TN 37203
§ Phone:
6153836431
§ Contact: Taylor
Dawson
§ State:
Kentucky
§ Address: P.O.
Box 11706 Lexington, KY 40577
§ Phone:
2703204376
§ Contact: Jim Waters
§ State:
Delaware
§ Address: 420
Corporate Boulevard Newark, DE 19702
§ Phone:
302-273-0080
§ State:
California
§ Address: 18002
Irvine Blvd, Suite 108 Tustin, CA 92780
§ Phone:
714-714-8871
§ State: West
Virginia
§ Address: P.O.
Box 11495 Charleston, WV 25339
§ Phone:
304-561-7634
§ State: Oregon
§ Address: 4850
SW Scholls Ferry Road, Suite 103 Portland, OR 97225
§ Phone:
503-242-0900
§ Contact:
Kathryn Hickok
§ Center of the American Experiment
§ State: Minnesota
§ Address: 8441
Wayzata Blvd., Suite 350 Golden Valley, MN 55426
§ Phone:
612-338-3605
§ Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy
§ State:
Pennsylvania
§ Address: 225
State Street Suite 302 Harrisburg, PA 17101
§ Phone:
717-671-1901
§ Empire Center for Public Policy
§ State: New
York
§ Address: 30
South Pearl Street Suite 1210 Albany, NY 12207
§ Phone:
518-434-3100
§ Contact: James
Scimecca
§ Empower Mississippi Foundation
§ State:
Mississippi
§ Address: 1000
Northpark Dr Ridgeland, MS 39157
§ Phone:
6015001823
§ Contact: Brett
Kittredge
§ State: Vermont
§ Address: 36
Owls Head Lane Stowe, VT 05672
§ Phone:
802-695-1448
§ Contact: John
McClaughry
§ Foundation for Government Accountability
§ State: Florida
§ Address: 15275
Collier Blvd Suite 201-279 Naples, FL 34119
§ Phone:
239-244-8808
§ Contact: Victoria
Eardley
§ Freedom Foundation (California)
§ State:
California
§ Address: PO Box
6683 Fullerton, CA 92834
§ Phone:
949-954-8914
§ State: Ohio
§ Address: P.O.
Box 16309 Columbus, OH 43216
§ Phone:
567-214-6355
§ State: Oregon
§ Address: PO Box
18146 Salem, OR 97305
§ Phone:
503-951-6208
§ Freedom Foundation (Pennsylvania)
§ State:
Pennsylvania
§ Address:
Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 1069 Kennett Square, PA 19348
§ Freedom Foundation (Washington)
§ State:
Washington
§ Address: PO Box
552 Olympia, WA 98507-0552
§ Phone:
360-956-3482
§ Contact: Ashley
Varner
§ Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
§ State:
Minnesota
§ Address: 825
Nicollet Mall Suite 815 Minneapolis, MN 55402
§ Phone:
612-354-2160
§ State: Montana
§ Address: PO Box
5104 Helena, MT 59604
§ State: New
Jersey
§ Address: 12
Quimby Lane Bernardsville, NJ 07924
§ Phone: 908-400-9688
§ Georgia Center for Opportunity
§ State: Georgia
§ Address: 333
Research Court Suite 210 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
§ Phone:
770-242-0001
§ Georgia Public Policy Foundation
§ State: Georgia
§ Address: 3200
Cobb Galleria Parkway, Suite 214 Atlanta, GA 30339
§ Phone:
404-256-4050
§ Contact: Benita
Dodd Cotton
§ State: Arizona
§ Address: 500 E.
Coronado Road Phoenix, AZ 85004
§ Phone:
602-462-5000
§ Contact:
Christina Sandefur
§ Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
§ State: Hawaii
§ Address: 1050
Bishop St 508 Honolulu, HI 96813
§ Phone:
808-591-9193
§ Contact: Malia
Hill
§ Great Plains Public Policy Institute
§ State: South
Dakota
§ Address: P.O.
Box 88138 Sioux Falls, SD 57109-8138
§ Phone:
605-334-9400
§ State: Idaho
§ Address: 802 W
Bannock St Suite 405 Boise, ID 83702
§ Phone:
208-258-2280
§ Contact: Dustin
Hurst
§ State:
Illinois
§ Address: 300 S
Riverside Plaza 1650 Chicago, IL 60606
§ Phone:
312.346.5700
§ Contact: Emily
McCallister
§ State:
Colorado
§ Address: 727 E.
16th Ave. Denver, CO 80203
§ Phone: 303-279-6536
§ Indiana Policy Review Foundation
§ State: Indiana
§ Address: P.O.
Box 5166 Fort Wayne, IN 46895
§ Phone:
260-417-4094
§ Institute for Reforming Government
§ State:
Wisconsin
§ Address: 701
East Washington Avenue Suite 201 Madison, WI 53703
§ Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
§ State: Iowa
§ Address: 7601
Office Plaza Drive Suite 140 West Des Moines, IA 50266
§ Phone:
563-264-8080
§ Contact:
cingstad@taxrelief.org
§ State: Florida
§ Address: 100
North Duval Street Tallahassee, FL 32301
§ Phone:
1-850-386-3131
§ Contact: Logan
Padgett
§ State: North
Carolina
§ Address: 4800
Six Forks Rd. Suite 220 Raleigh, NC 27609
§ Phone:
919-828-3876
§ Contact: Carrie
Leggins
§ Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
§ State: New
Hampshire
§ Address: P.O.
Box 897 Concord, NH 03302
§ Phone:
603-224-4450
§ Contact: Andrew
Cline
§ State: Kansas
§ Address: 250 N.
Water St. Wichita, KS 67202
§ Phone:
3166340218
§ State: Utah
§ Address: 2183 W
Main St Suite A102 Lehi, UT 84043
§ Phone:
801-341-8096
§ Contact: Connor
Boyack
§ MacIver Institute for Public Policy
§ State:
Wisconsin
§ Address: 10 E.
Doty Street, Suite 820 Madison, WI 53703
§ Phone:
608-237-7290
§ Mackinac Center for Public Policy
§ State:
Michigan
§ Address: P.O.
Box 568 140 West Main Street Midland, MI 48640
§ Phone:
989-631-0900
§ Contact:
Lindsay Killen
§ State: Maine
§ Address: P.O.
Box 7829 Portland, ME 04112
§ Phone:
207-321-2550
§ Contact: Jacob
Posik
§ Mississippi Center for Public Policy
§ State:
Mississippi
§ Address: 520
George Street Jackson, MS 39202
§ Phone:
601-969-1300
§ Nevada Policy Research Institute
§ State: Nevada
§ Address: 7130
Placid St. Las Vegas, NV 89119
§ Phone:
702-222-0642
§ Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
§ State:
Oklahoma
§ Address: 1401 N
Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73104
§ Phone:
405-602-1667
§ Contact:
Sheridan Betts
§ State:
California
§ Address: PO Box
60485 Pasadena, CA 91116
§ Phone:
415-989-0833
§ Contact: Sally
Pipes
§ State: South
Carolina
§ Address: P.O.
Box 12676 Columbia, SC 29211
§ Phone:
803-708-0673
§ State:
Kentucky
§ Address: 235 S.
5th Street Louisville, KY 40202
§ Phone:
2706173627
§ Pelican Institute for Public Policy
§ State:
Louisiana
§ Address: 400
Poydras, Suite 900 New Orleans, LA 70130
§ Phone:
504-267-9404
§ State:
Massachusetts
§ Address: 185
Devonshire Street Unit 1101 Boston, MA 02110
§ Phone:
6177232277
§ Contact:
Micaela Dawson
§ State:
Nebraska
§ Address: 6910
Pacific St Suite 216 Omaha, NE 68106
§ Phone:
402-452-3737
§ Contact: Adam
Weinberg
§ Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
§ State: Rhode
Island
§ Address: P.O.
Box 10069 Cranston, RI 02910
§ Phone:
401-429-6115
§ Contact:
Lawrence Gillheeney
§ State: New
Mexico
§ Address: PO Box
40336 Albuquerque, NM 87196
§ Phone:
505-264-6090
§ State: North
Dakota
§ Address: 820
34th Ave E, Ste. 200 West Fargo, ND 58078
§ Phone:
701-354-3934
§ State:
Missouri
§ Address: 5297
Washington Place Saint Louis, MO 63108
§ Phone:
314-454-0647
§ Contact:
Christina Gibson
§ South Carolina Policy Council
§ State: South
Carolina
§ Address: 1323
Pendleton Street Columbia, SC 29201
§ Phone:
803-779-5022
§ Contact:
Lindsay Elliott
§ State:
Virginia
§ Address: 1655 N
Fort Myer Dr Suite 360 Arlington, VA 22209
§ Phone:
7037400312
§ State: Utah
§ Address: 15
West South Temple Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101
§ Phone:
801-355-1272
§ Contact: Kelsey
Witt
§ Texas Public Policy Foundation
§ State: Texas
§ Address: 901
Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701
§ Phone:
512-472-2700
§ Contact: Brian
Phillips
§ State: Ohio
§ Address: 88
East Broad Street, Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215
§ Phone:
614-224-4422
§ Contact: Lisa
Gates
§ The Maryland Public Policy Institute
§ State:
Maryland
§ Address: One
Research Court Suite 450 Rockville, MD 20850
§ Phone:
240-686-3510
§ Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
§ State:
Virginia
§ Address: 7011
Dreams Way Court ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315
§ Phone:
703-922-6768
§ Virginia Institute for Public Policy
§ State:
Virginia
§ Address: P.O.
Box 1123 Abingdon, VA 24212
§ Phone:
540-245-1776
§ Contact: Caleb
Taylor
§ State:
Washington
§ Address: PO Box
3643 Seattle, WA 98124
§ Phone:
206-937-9691
§ Contact: David
Boze
§ Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
§ State:
Wisconsin
§ Address: 330
East Kilbourn Ave Suite 725 Milwaukee, WI 53202
§ Phone:
414-727-9455
§ Contact: Collin
Roth
§ State: Wyoming
§ Address: 1902
Thomes Ave Suite 201A Cheyenne, WY 82001
§ Phone:
307-632-7020
§ Contact: Kevin
Fuller
§ State:
Connecticut
§ Address: 216
Main Street Hartford, CT 06106
§ Phone:
860-282-0722
§ Contact: Jeremy
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§ 1851 Center for Constitutional Law
§ State: Ohio
§ Address: 122 E
Main Street Fourth Floor Columbus, OH 43215
§ Phone:
6143409817
§ Contact:
Maurice Thompson
§ State:
Oklahoma
§ Address: 1401
N. Lincoln Blvd Suite 175 Oklahoma City, OK 73104
§ Phone: (405)
646-3272
§ Contact: Byron
Schlomach
§ State:
Michigan
§ Address: 98 E.
Fulton Street Grand Rapids, MI 49503
§ Phone:
616.454.3080
§ Contact:
Charles Roelofs
§ State:
Washington, DC
§ Address: 3434
Washington Blvd. 1st Floor Arlington, VA 22201
§ Phone:
202-331-2261
§ Contact:
Kristine Goffos
§ American Conservative Union Foundation
§ State:
Washington, DC
§ Address: 1199 N
Fairfax St. Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314
§ Phone: (202)
347-9388
§ State:
Virginia
§ Address: 4350
Fairfax Drive Suite 725 Arlington, VA 22203
§ Phone:
703-282-9400
§ Contact: Steve
Pociask
§ American Council of Trustees and Alumni
§ State:
Washington, DC
§ Address: 1730 M
Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
§ Phone:
202-467-6787
§ Contact: Doug
Sprei
§ American Enterprise Institute
§ State:
Washington, DC
§ Address: 1789
Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036
§ Phone:
202-862-5800
§ Contact:
Kara.McMahon@aei.org
Professor Mark McIntire, STOA Institute Executive Director
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Westfiled State University
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