Articles
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Judicial Reform
Another dubious Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling points up the need for reform
The court’s threadbare ruling on the minimum-wage issue highlights, once again, the importance of overhauling the judicial-selection process in Oklahoma. We need a system that produces judges whose rulings and opinions are grounded in law, not random political whims.Jonathan Small | April 1, 2024
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Education, Culture & the Family
Queer activist calls for keeping Oklahoma parents in the dark about child’s mental health
A left-wing activist in Oklahoma is urging state officials to no longer require teachers to notify parents of information related to their child’s mental health.Ray Carter | March 28, 2024
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Higher Education
OCPA calls for higher-ed scrutiny after assigned terrorism book
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called for more rigorous scrutiny of state spending on colleges after learning an OU course requires students to read a book advocating terrorism.Staff | March 28, 2024
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Higher Education
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is required reading in OU class
The controversial book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” which encourages environmental activists to engage in acts of violent sabotage, is one of the required readings in an OU course this semester.Ray Carter | March 28, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Narrative-driven activists should stop harassing innocent
OCPA President Jonathan Small today called on activists to stop harassing innocent children and their families to perpetuate a false narrative regarding the recent suicide of Owasso teenager Dagny Ellis Benedict, who recently identified as nonbinary and called herself Nex Benedict.Staff | March 26, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Former lawmaker joins OCPA staff
Tom Newell, a former state legislator, has joined the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs as Vice President for the Center for Culture and the Family.Staff | March 25, 2024
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Education
Obscure election dates undermine parents’ influence
With voter turnout averaging only 4 percent for Oklahoma’s local school-board elections, school officials pay no penalty for being indifferent to the needs of the families they are supposed to serve.Jonathan Small | March 25, 2024
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Education
Public schools serve all children? Oklahoma parents find that’s not so
Horror stories abound of Oklahoma public school employees discriminating against special-needs students. Adding insult to injury, parents see their tax dollars used to hire lobbyists to oppose them.Ray Carter | March 25, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Despite lack of evidence, 2STGNC+ activists call for prosecutions
The death of Dagny Benedict, a 16-year-old Owasso girl who identified as “nonbinary,” was ruled a suicide and found to be unrelated to a school fight the preceding day. But transgender activists insist that other students involved in the fight, which was instigated by Benedict, should be prosecuted anyway.Ray Carter | March 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Stop criminalizing speech
Using criminal penalties for protected speech should never be the default for lawmakers—even for speech we don’t like. Here are two bills that would criminalize speech.Ryan Haynie | March 21, 2024