Articles
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #3
Part three of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 10, 2015
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Health Care
Free Market Friday: Some abuse program for the poor
While accounts of the lives negatively affected by the numerous failed promises of the Affordable Care Act mount each day, an alarming story of abuse of a program (which was expanded by the ACA) intended for the poor has gone largely unnoticed.Michael Carnuccio | September 4, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #2
Part two of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 3, 2015
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Education, Agriculture
Win-Win Solutions for Oklahoma Farmers and Needy Children
All the ideas discussed in this article are within state officials’ control. While policymakers cannot remove the risk of Oklahoma’s weather, the state can provide a more stable market that also provides a higher return to the state’s farmers by having the state’s elected officials and agencies act in concert for the benefit of all Oklahomans.Steve Anderson | September 1, 2015
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Higher Education
Expand and improve higher-ed vouchers in Oklahoma
One of the great ironies of the school choice debate is that the United States has long been a world leader in school vouchers—for higher education. In fact, soaring tuition costs and outrageous bloat in higher education are not so much a result of government monopoly as they are a result of flaws in our collegiate school choice programs.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 1, 2015
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Judicial Reform
Judging Oklahoma’s Judicial Nominating Commission
The Judicial Nominating Commission empowers a small special interest group, hides the politics inherent in judicial selection, and renders the people almost powerless when it comes to one of the three branches of our state government. After nearly fifty years, it is time to reconsider how we appoint judges in Oklahoma.Trent England | August 31, 2015
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Education
Free Market Friday: Innovate, don’t mandate
Those faced with the challenges of autism deserve our cooperation and innovation – not mandates and the assault on programs that already prove effective.Michael Carnuccio | August 28, 2015
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Education
Free Market Friday: Doing more with less
While education funding in Oklahoma amounts to roughly $156,000 per classroom, taxpayers are told of underfunded schools and impoverished students who are difficult to educate. Well, earlier this month the prestigious magazine The Economist had a fascinating cover story, “The $1-a-week school,” on the rapid emergence of low-budget private schools in a number of nations, most of which can be safely classified as Third World.Michael Carnuccio | August 21, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #1
Part one of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | August 20, 2015
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Criminal Justice
Oklahoma Is Tough on Crime—But Are We Doing It Right?
Being tough on crime means being willing to ask whether or not we are doing it right—and changing course if the facts suggest that a change is necessary. Many states have demonstrated that specific, targeted reforms in sentencing, alternative programming, and reentry are the keys to success.Adam Luck | August 20, 2015