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Timothy Tarkelly

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Timothy Tarkelly is a public school teacher and poet from Southeast Kansas. His work has appeared in Flyover Country, The Jupiter Review, The Daily Drunk, and others. He has published several books of poetry including Gently in Manner, Strongly in Deed: Poems on Eisenhower (Spartan Press), Luckhound (Spartan Press) and On Slip Rigs and Spiritual Growth (OAC Books). Most recently, he collaborated with Ukrainian visual artist Elena Samarsky on the book All Other Forms of Expression (OAC Books.)

Blog Posts

Pro-liberty discourse needs to be practical and relatable

July 14, 2022
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Free Speech

Once again, Americans are at each other's throats, ready to fight over extremely partisan lines. Typically, this opens opportunities for the liberty movement. We can step in and point out the hypocrisy of the two-party system, exposing the puppeteers behind the curtain. But we have our own problems within the liberty movement. For instance, the recent Libertarian Party National Convention has left many cheering and others fuming over ideological divides. The very discussions that should be uniting us, and inviting others to participate in the liberty movement, are going nowhere. I believe

A public school teacher’s plea for libertarian solutions

May 6, 2022
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Education

I am one of the few public school teachers who wishes to see the government out of our classrooms.  For years, I have bounced between left and libertarian circles. One issue that kept me from committing to the cause was public education. Now, the very same issue is one of the reasons I am back. Some of the most important questions in education are never talked about in the public discourse: Are licensure requirements too restrictive? Should issues that affect the safety and health of our students be local decisions? Is public education doomed by national politics? I can