Articles
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Bigger slice of pie
The campaign season is in full force. No doubt we have all heard candidates from both parties tout that they will do something to bring, create, grow or support jobs. There’s a reason: Candidates know that most people, especially Oklahomans, understand the importance of hard work and how a job can provide the pathway to meeting one’s needs, wants and even dreams.Mark Costello | June 27, 2014
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Good Government
Sparks Flying: Reflections on Party Purity and Discretionary Wisdom
In America at least, political parties exist to operate as grand coalitions, bringing together diverse interests in pursuit of broadly shared goals within a republican framework of separated powers.Patrick B. McGuigan | June 3, 2014
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Good Government
Krauthammer Tells OCPA Audience American Hyper-Liberalism Cannot Go On and, Therefore, Will Not Go On
Speaking April 2 at the OCPA Citizenship Dinner, Krauthammer said Americans have historically favored freedom over the false promises of an overextended welfare state—and he’s confident they will again.Tina Korbe Dzurisin | May 7, 2014
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Good Government
Bureaucratic Restraint? Fat Chance
The government has moved from the role of impartial referee conveying the rules of the game to a player in the game, picking sides. The question before us isn’t whether certain foods or ingredients are unhealthy, but rather: What is the government’s role in regulating them?Jayson Lusk | March 12, 2014
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Good Government
Dr. Russell Moore: ‘Religious liberty has everything to do with the limits of the state’
Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a consolidated case against the Obamacare abortifacient mandate, including the challenge brought by the David Green family, the owners and operators of Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby.Tina Korbe Dzurisin | February 19, 2014
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Good Government
In Praise of Enterprise Zones
Economic distress does not always manifest equally throughout America. Some communities are hit hard economically while others may only feel a small economic hiccup. If the same communities are hit repeatedly then they may slide into a state of permanent decline—Detroit is the current poster child for this kind of economic tragedy.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | February 12, 2014
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Good Government
Safeguards are needed, but unmanned aerial vehicles could benefit Oklahomans
Last year, legislation was introduced to restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Oklahoma, a proposal which is likely to reappear in the 2014 legislative session.Jayson Lusk | January 16, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Agriculture, Good Government
Do Food Stamps Boost the Economy?
While there is good evidence that SNAP reduces hunger and food insecurity among poor households, there are also legitimate concerns about the program fostering government dependency, reducing the incentive to work, and increasing the government deficit.Jayson Lusk | January 13, 2014
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Good Government
Why June 15 matters
J. Rufus Fears | June 2, 2011
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Good Government
Should Government Run Things?
Ever since I came into contact with government, both state and federal, and especially in the four decades since first going to work in it, I've been struck by the reality gap between what many Americans expect of it and what it's actually good at doing.Chester E. Finn, Jr. | November 1, 2009