Articles
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Economy, Culture & the Family
Compassion, consequences, and State Question 832
Support for State Question 832 is often framed as an act of compassion, but compassion without prudence can produce damaging results. SQ 832 would permanently tie future wage increases to the cost of living in major cities like New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.Matt Oberdick | March 11, 2026
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Education, Culture & the Family
Raising Oklahoma’s high-school graduation rate would reap major benefits
The first step of the success sequence—graduating high school—is not just good for individuals; it’s good for the entire state.Jonathan Small | March 9, 2026
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Bill allowing students to sue over forced coed sleeping quarters advances
Oklahoma lawmakers have advanced a bill that would allow students to sue schools or colleges that force them to share sleeping quarters or other intimate spaces with members of the opposite sex, including individuals who identify as transgender.Ray Carter | February 10, 2026
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Culture & the Family
A church service interrupted, and a warning about America’s future
A group of progressive activists stormed a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, turning a house of worship into a political stage and violating the boundaries that protect religious freedom, private property, and community order. This is not an isolated protest—it’s a warning flare for our society.Ryan Haynie & Matt Oberdick | January 21, 2026
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Backers of Oklahoma open-primary plan tout California as model, success story
Supporters of State Question 836, which would replace Oklahoma’s party primaries with a single “open primary” where all candidates appear on one ballot, tout California’s system as a model.Ray Carter | November 7, 2025
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Economy, Culture & the Family
SQ 832: A recipe for greater inequality and generational hopelessness
Oklahoma's State Question 832, which would mandate automatic minimum-wage increases by linking Oklahoma to a national index, is touted as a tool to reduce income inequality and support families. In reality, it would do the opposite.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | October 30, 2025
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Health Care, Culture & the Family, Good Government
Work requirements could help 125,000 Oklahomans move from welfare to work
Work requirements recently enacted by Congress could help more than 125,000 able-bodied Oklahomans transition from welfare to work, lawmakers were told during a recent study.Ray Carter | October 21, 2025
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OSU professor says black people ‘may be in danger’ at white churches
An Oklahoma State University professor who says he teaches “through the lens of Critical Race Theory” has published a column that appears to endorse racial segregation in churches, warning that black Americans “may be in danger” if they attend “white churches.”Ray Carter | October 16, 2025
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OU president’s response to Charlie Kirk’s killing contrasts sharply with response to George Floyd’s death
University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz, Jr., who issued strong statements condemning racial violence after George Floyd’s 2020 death and called for “systemic change,” has been far less outspoken following the recent assassination of conservative Christian Charlie Kirk.Ray Carter | September 18, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Tulsa public defender’s pro-assassination post fuels outcry
A Tulsa County Assistant Public Defender is facing backlash after a social-media post in which she appeared to celebrate the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Ray Carter | September 12, 2025