Articles
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Education
OSF Helping Students Find the Place Where They Learn Best
The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) recently held its annual Parental Choice Symposium in New Orleans—and in Tampa. I was invited to the symposium in my capacity as a board member of the newly formed Opportunity Scholarship Fund (OSF), which uses contributions creditable against state income tax to provide scholarships to private schools for low-income kids.Charlie Daniels | September 2, 2014
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Higher Education
Tuition-free College for Oklahomans?
Do we want to make college tuition-free for Oklahomans and simultaneously reduce government spending? Amazingly, this option is possible today because of the emergence of high-quality, low-cost college.Vance H. Fried | September 2, 2014
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Budget & Tax
Paul Krugman: Wrong on Taxes, Wrong on Kansas
Looking at the performance of the nine states with no income taxes versus the nine states with the highest income taxes, the performance results are fairly clear: no-income-tax states are vastly outperforming their high-tax counterparts and the national average.Will Freeman | September 2, 2014
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Law & Principles
State by State is the Right Way to Elect a President
The American Founders intended for presidents to be elected by a state-by-state process, which is how we have done it since George Washington. John Koza’s National Popular Vote plan would throw all that out, diminishing the voice of Oklahomans and undermining our constitutional system of states.Trent England | September 2, 2014
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Education
Bigotry bites into scholarship for disabled students
Last week, an Oklahoma County District Court decided that a program to help pay for disabled children to access private education cannot be used for religious schools.Trent England | August 31, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Actions speak loudly
Oklahoma’s entire congressional delegation has spoken out, aggressively, regarding a fundraising solicitation for Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, containing the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s letterhead and strong endorsement from its leadership.Michael Carnuccio | August 29, 2014
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Culture & the Family
Free Market Friday: Fostering stability
Right now, some 400,000 American children are in foster care, as well as uncounted thousands more in other nations who are eligible for adoption. Americans have always been among the most generous on earth in opening their homes to adoptees, and the benefits of adoption are obvious.Michael Carnuccio | August 22, 2014
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Budget & Tax
Free Market Friday: HB 2562 is constitutional
No question, HB 2562 is a tax cut because the effective date of the new 2-percent rate doesn’t take place until the rate would have reverted to 7 percent. Those opposed to SQ 640 will have to find another angle to attack.Michael Carnuccio | August 15, 2014
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Education
A textbook case of misplaced priorities
One can’t help but recall the federal government shutdown last year, when President Obama selectively closed some national monuments. Sorry, veterans, we have to lock you out of the World War II memorial — the federal government doesn’t have two nickels to rub together.Brandon Dutcher | August 14, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
HB 2562 lawsuit: Is a tax cut the same as a tax hike?
In 1992, Oklahoma voters approved State Question 640 to add a taxpayer-protection provision to the State Constitution. Everyone — supporters and opponents alike — understood the provision would make it harder to raise taxes.Jonathan Small & Trent England | August 12, 2014