Media Contributions

Valley, NE – Travis discusses an upcoming recall election, the role of the media in holding elected officials accountable, and the proper function of elections.

Tulsa, OK – Civic education is lacking in America’s school systems, and Oklahoma’s requirements are laughable. Travis urges the new state superintendent to prioritize educating the next generation of American citizens.

Tulsa, OK – Travis talks again with Tulsa NBC News affiliate about judicial selection, discussing the selection of a new state supreme court justice by Oklahoma’s governor.

Travis talks about debanking, the unpopular action by large banks to close accounts and refuse to do business with people or organizations that do not share the bank leadership’s political or social views.

Tulsa, OK – Drawing on his academic expertise in state judicial selection, Travis shared with Tulsa NBC News affiliate that judges make political decisions and should be accountable to voters.

Sharing his personal story about navigating the academic job market, Travis writes about his unwillingness to parrot the higher education line and the professional price he paid.

Travis writes about broad popular support for welfare work requirements and the political peril congressional Democrats put themselves in when they oppose work requirements in negotiations over the debt ceiling.

Requiring voters to prove their identity through the use of photo IDs is a popular policy, with support from voters across the political spectrum, that boosts election security and confidence.

Cincinnati, OH – Corruption doesn’t play as well with voters when making their choice for mayor as elites tend to think it does. That was the lesson from a poll in the Cincinnati mayoral primary.

Louisville, KY – Following Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election, Travis wrote that the national Republican Party should look to the lessons learned from Matt Bevin’s loss in the Kentucky gubernatorial election the year before.

No matter how unpopular a politician may be across the nation, they are still rewarded electorally at home by taking care of the people who vote for them.