Earlier this week, I was in Washington, D.C., for Humanities on the Hill, the annual event during which the 56 state and territorial humanities councils lobby Congress to fund the NEH, in general, and the Federal-State Partnership line of their budget that supports the humanities councils, in particular. This was my first experience lobbying Congress and it was, by and large, a good one.  Despite its conservatism, Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation is generally supportive of Oklahoma Humanities, our state’s humanities council, on whose board I serve. My Congressman, Tom Cole, has long been a champion of the NEH. And for the Read more