Articles
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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
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Budget & Tax
A public letter to state lawmakers
In the past few days a number of memos, emails and letters have been distributed regarding solutions to Oklahoma’s current budget challenge.Jonathan Small & Larry Parman | March 12, 2017
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Budget & Tax
State revenue makeup
It is no secret Oklahoma has seen tough times the last few years because of the decline of oil prices.Curtis Shelton | March 7, 2017
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Higher Education
Higher education is a mission–not an excuse
The mission of public education is to create an educated public, a people capable of self-government. Really, this means two different kinds of education.Trent England | March 1, 2017
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Criminal Justice
Oklahoma’s prison crisis: Working towards a solution
Last month in these pages, we explored the enormous cost of Oklahoma’s state prison system and the extraordinary growth in new prisoners that will require adding more prisons in the next two years.Jonathan Small & Trent England | March 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Should the government tax soda?
Worrisome trends in the prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes have raised questions about the role of the federal and state governments in regulating the healthfulness of consumers’ diets.Jayson Lusk | March 1, 2017
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Higher Education
Is illiberal education a public good?
Oklahomans agree that liberal education—education that helps people grow as rational beings who know truth—is a public good.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A look at the state budget
With the legislative session underway, the debate over the State budget begins heating up. In order to get some perspective, we look back at recent State spending.Curtis Shelton | February 27, 2017
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Education
Leaders React to Oklahoma Senator’s ‘Truly Shocking’ Mengele Comparison
Senator Ron Sharp invoked Nazi officer Josef Mengele when criticizing school choice legislation being considered by the committee.Jay Chilton | February 24, 2017