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Budget & Tax, Health Care, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Invention of a crisis
The predictions were dire. Nursing homes and hospitals would close. Pregnant women in labor wouldn’t receive care. Thus the story told by state agency officials and lobbyists for big hospital corporations. The only way to prevent catastrophe was to raise taxes and massively expand Medicaid to able-bodied adults.Jonathan Small | May 27, 2016
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Federal strings
The Obama administration’s recent decree – which would, among other things, allow boys into girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms and showers – has generated predictable outrage and pushback. Oklahoma lawmakers are reportedly considering legislation that would protect students’ privacy.Jonathan Small | May 20, 2016
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: A true statesman
We usually reserve the title “statesman” for those who achieve elected office. But Webster provides another definition, “a wise, skillful and respected political leader.” This describes Lew Ward perfectly, and his death this week, at the wise age of 85, deprived our state of one of its truest and most loyal statesmen.Jonathan Small | March 25, 2016
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Voters are displeased
The presidential primaries continue and a few things stand out. In Oklahoma, as elsewhere, voters are sending a message of opposition to the status quo. The Obama years have hurt many, particularly from an economic standpoint.Jonathan Small | March 11, 2016
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Lessons from Koch
Michael Carnuccio | October 29, 2015
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Good Government
The for-profit nightmare before Christmas
If there’s one thing the government education blob knows it hates, it’s “profit. What does the education establishment always advocate? More spending.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | October 28, 2015
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Good Government
What Oklahoma’s Political Leaders Can Learn from the Chickasaws
Assisting the needy, reducing fraud, and helping Oklahoma growers build a high-value-crop base should be a plan all Oklahomans can support. Let’s hope those in the state Capitol building are listening.Steve Anderson | September 17, 2015
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Good Government
have a heart ARTHUR BROOKS’S BOLD NEW VISION FOR CONSERVATISM
Arthur Brooks is becoming ubiquitous. The president of the American Enterprise Institute is visible on cable talk shows, toe to toe in debate with President Obama, and in a string of bestselling books, the latest of which, The Conservative Heart, is yet another how-to part of the Brooks equation for winning the public policy battles to come.Mike Brake | September 17, 2015
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Good Government
Sharing the Heart
Like many of you, I have begun to read Dr. Arthur Brooks’ latest book, The Conservative Heart. I just finished the introduction and it is both challenging and encouraging.Jonathan Small | September 15, 2015
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Good Government
From the Heart
When the flag is flying and I’m singing along with the anthem, my heart wells up, I take a deep breath, and am thankful for a country I love and my ancestors who served it.Jason Reese | August 6, 2015