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Good Government
It’s time for these states to grow up
“Failure To Launch”—it’s a title sometimes given to adults who haven’t quite grown up and are happy to keep living with mom and dad. A dozen U.S. states might also be labeled failures-to-launch.Trent England | December 19, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Tone-deaf
Michael Carnuccio | November 14, 2014
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Good Government
Anti-incumbent? Not quite.
Was Tuesday’s historic election all about anti-incumbent, “throw the bums out” voter anger? The results say otherwise. Innovative incumbent governors won, in many cases against the odds.Trent England | November 5, 2014
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Good Government
First Principles: Who Am I, And Why Am I Here?
Just exactly who do you think you are? Your answer—your idea of what it means to be human—is part of the foundation of your world-view.Trent England | November 3, 2014
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Good Government
Three reasons to vote
Tuesday is Election Day. Here are three reasons why Americans who believe in our nation’s founding principles and restoring constitutionally limited government should always cast that ballot.Trent England | November 1, 2014
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Optimism or liberalism: Grow the pie or fight over the pieces?
The left will win if Americans believe the best they can do is fight for economic scraps. Those who believe in the possibility of a brighter economic future, on the other hand, are likely to want that economy to be free.Trent England | September 19, 2014
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Free Market Friday: Let us never forget
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln worried that the generation who had fought the American Revolution was passing away. Those veterans were a living history that could be read and understood alike by all, he said in a speech to a civic group in Springfield, Illinois.Michael Carnuccio | September 12, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Actions speak loudly
Oklahoma’s entire congressional delegation has spoken out, aggressively, regarding a fundraising solicitation for Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, containing the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s letterhead and strong endorsement from its leadership.Michael Carnuccio | August 29, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Ditch the EPA rule
In April of this year, the EPA and the Corps announced they would be expanding the definition of so-called waters of the United States to include nearly any body of water – even a temporary one – that would or could flow into those previously protected waterways.Michael Carnuccio | July 25, 2014
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Good Government
Oklahoma ranks 11th in corruption
Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Hong Kong ranked Oklahoma the 11th most corrupt state in America.Patrick B. McGuigan | July 3, 2014