Articles
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Law & Principles
Prosperity districts: Giving freedom a chance
Passage of the Prosperity States Compact would allow communities in Oklahoma and sister states to become beacons of freedom and prosperity, showing the way to restore first the states and then the nation to their founding principles—from the grassroots up, rather than the top down.Nick Dranias | April 1, 2017
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Education
The New Civics: Using ‘service learning’ to teach progressive advocacy
In Oklahoma and across the country, a new effort is diverting university resources and student time to progressive causes, propagandizing students into progressive beliefs, and creating a cadre of radical activists.David Randall, Ph.D. | April 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
End tax cronyism in Oklahoma
By taking bipartisan aim at tax cronyism, Oklahoma can unlock an economy of the future.William Freeland | April 1, 2017
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Law & Principles
Senate bill could put Christians, conservatives at risk
Oklahoma legislators should not set a precedent that helps liberal mobs target Christians and conservatives, even if those most in danger today are in other, more liberal states.Trent England | March 31, 2017
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Education
OEA, OSSBA won’t donate to Hofmeister legal defense fund
On Feb. 23, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission approved a special function committee named the “Joy Hofmeister Defense Fund.”Jay Chilton | March 30, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Tax Foundation explains soda tax flaws
If the role of government is to protect individual rights and freedoms, politicians should not be making policies that manipulate people’s choices or target particular citizens for exercising those freedoms to pay more than their fair share of the cost of government.Curtis Shelton | March 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax
What drives income tax revenues: Tax rates or economic growth?
Examining the data suggests that employment level seem to have driven changes in income tax collections more than tax rates over the last decade in Oklahoma.Curtis Shelton | March 27, 2017
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Education
State Board of Education approves Le Monde International Charter School
For the second time this year, the State Board of Education has approved a charter school which was previously denied by a local school board.Jay Chilton | March 27, 2017
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Higher Education
Speakers question bias reporting system, lack of intellectual diversity at OU
Policies and official actions by leadership at the University of Oklahoma claiming to enforce “diversity and inclusion” actually deny First Amendment rights for students and promote a particular point of view at the state’s flagship university, according to two recent speakers.Jay Chilton | March 16, 2017
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Health Care, Law & Principles
HB 1913: A private-sector solution, not government dependence
House Bill 1913 is a private-sector solution for people who have real needs. Let’s hope lawmakers implement this legislation and resist the urge to strangle needed options for their fellow Oklahomans.Jonathan Small | March 13, 2017