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Articles by Onan Coca

Onan Coca is a married father of three who works as an educator. He has an undergrad degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and a Master’s Degree from Western Governor’s University in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has worked in education for almost 10 years and is keenly aware of the effects of an ever changing world on our students. He lives in the Atlanta metro area and is passionate about politics, economics, and current events. Onan is a libertarian-leaning Republican who hopes to incite introspection and change in the minds and actions of his readers. He writes exclusively for Patriot Update and often offers a slightly different take on the happenings in our world.

What Balloons Can Teach Us.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Mostly missed in the political quagmire of the last week or so was the story of the government zombie program subsidizing the helium industry. Rep. Hank Johnson gave a rousing (if ridiculous) speech in support of … Continue reading →
NBC’s Parks and Rec: A Mirror for What’s Wrong with America.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

One of my favorite tv shows right now is NBC’s Parks and Rec. The show follows along (mockumentary style) with the comings and goings of a small-town Indiana parks department. The main character on the show … Continue reading →
The Immigration Answer?

Saturday, March 30, 2013

The debate over what to do about illegal immigration is heating up and while the discussion has been continuous since the founding of our republic there is an interesting new chapter being written today. The twist … Continue reading →
See the Forest (Ignore the Trees)

Thursday, March 28, 2013

My friends we are missing the forest for the trees. The gay marriage debate is heated, controversial, and very likely finished. As the culture of our nation has become more progressive morally the social conservatives in … Continue reading →
The Big Tent Mythology

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

It seems as though the Republican Party is constantly consumed with the size of their “tent”, and no, no euphemism is intended. We seem as concerned with ideological purity as the most zealous 3rd Party member … Continue reading →
The Reprobate Society

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Fifty-five million. In the forty years since the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, there have been more than Fifty-Five MILLION abortions legally undertaken in the United States of America. Those numbers are staggering. And … Continue reading →
Republican Civil War?

Monday, December 24, 2012

I get really annoyed every time some talking head or other media figure starts talking about “the civil war in the Republican Party”. It’s an almost constant meme that is used to try to scare … Continue reading →
An “immoral majority”

Friday, December 21, 2012

I graduated from Liberty University in 2003 and for several years whenever someone new would learn this new “factoid” about me, I would have to endure several minutes of Jerry Falwell bashing. I would do … Continue reading →
The Republican Way Forward

Friday, November 9, 2012

So there it is. We lost…again. Today the talking heads will begin the discussion of “what went wrong”? How in the world did Mitt Romney lose an election where the major concern was the economy … Continue reading →
Easy steps for a Romney win.

Friday, October 12, 2012

In what has been a wildly ridiculous campaign, we may just be seeing “a return to normality”. Most of the recent polling data suggests that Governor Romney has moved in a slight but demonstrable lead … Continue reading →
Barack “Scandal” Obama

Saturday, September 22, 2012

One of my favorite political commentators (and yours too, I’m sure) has a famous saying that is inextricably tied to his personality. He likes to finish most of his speeches and public appearances by saying … Continue reading →
Stop Obama!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Overwhelmingly what I hear from would-be President Mitt Romney’s campaign is; “President Obama is a nice guy, whose policies have not worked”. Well, duh, his policies have not worked. When he came to office almost … Continue reading →
One BIG Issue

Monday, September 3, 2012

I am convinced that the average American voter has there own personal “litmus test” for each candidate in any election. There is a short list of major issues that the voter has developed over time … Continue reading →
Dump the Neo-Aristocracy

Thursday, August 30, 2012

During the tumultuous political season the interested voter has to weather a barrage of information competing for preeminence in the voters mind. Each candidate wants to paint their opponent with their own brush before the … Continue reading →
No More Free Speech

Friday, August 24, 2012

Fans of freedom should be terrified by a recent largely unreported story of a former soldier who was arrested and has been detained in a psychiatric hospital simply for expressing his First Amendment right to … Continue reading →