A unique man, J. Rufus Fears, died last month. In addition to scholarly writings of erudition and insight, he was a classroom teacher wi...

He Cared about the Lives of His Students By Brian Hobbs When renowned OU professor J. Rufus Fears passed away on Oct....

A unique man, J. Rufus Fears, died last month. In addition to scholarly writings of erudition and insight, he was a classroom teacher wi...

In this brief video clip, OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears recalls Gov. Ronald Reagan’s leadership in the area of higher educati...

In an April 13 lecture in Oklahoma City, the renowned historian of liberty J. Rufus Fears will discuss “Can-Do Leadership: What America ...

"The Government simply cannot make up their minds, or they cannot get the Prime Minister to make up his mind. So they go on in strange p...

Thomas Jefferson might rightly be called the greatest American. His Declaration of Independence established the United States as the onl...

History teaches us that technology can be a great force for human freedom, but it can also be used to strengthen despotism. In these rem...

Scarcely a day goes by that we aren’t treated to reports of some new folly or outrage from the federal government. One thinks, for examp...

In a partisan political climate concerned with poll numbers, televised debates, rhetoric, and the like, it’s easy to forget about the fo...

OKLAHOMA CITY (June 8, 2011) –  Magna Carta Day is June 15, and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) and the Oklahoma City Univ...

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak relinquished power on February 11, 2011. The media presented this as “a transformational moment in the ...

OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears often points out that, though freedom is so entrenched in the United States that it’s sometimes...

“Some of our earliest writings coming down from Egypt are the bureaucrats of the king giving advice to young bureaucrats,” OCPA distingu...

While a student at the University of Oklahoma, I had the great pleasure of having Dr. Rufus Fears as the professor for my capstone cours...

1. Rufus Fears, David Ross Boyd professor of classics at OU, will present a series of lectures titled "Lessons in Leadership through the...

1. Rufus Fears, the David Ross Boyd professor of classics at the University of Oklahoma, returns to Enid this month to continue his pop...

Barack Obama has sent Sir Winston Churchill packing, The Sunday Telegraph reported in a February 14 news story. "A bust of the...

The compensation of Oklahoma’s government employees exceeds that of their privatesector counterparts. But a bigger problem is that we si...

There has been a great deal of concern about what is called "civic illiteracy," the fact that not only students but even adults don't kn...