Articles
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Health Care
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Is a Bad Idea
Even as those parts of Obamacare that have not yet been postponed stagger toward the finish line, one part of the president’s health-care law continues to build momentum. As of this writing, 25 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs in accordance with Obamacare.Michael Tanner | April 9, 2014
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Health Care
Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Better Living Through Free-Market Health Care
You had to be paying attention, or have it called to your attention. Thanks to a little bit of both, I’ve investigated another fascinating example of health care affordability in an increasingly insane health care market.Patrick B. McGuigan | April 9, 2014
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Agriculture
Give states more power to make their own farm policies
Neither of these proposals is perfect or a cure-all, but they both have some promise in shaking up the status-quo and moving in a more promising direction.Jayson Lusk | April 6, 2014
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Education
Liberal Christian says trapping kids in dreadful schools is 'outrageous and immoral'
Dr. Olasky (who once gave a speech for OCPA entitled “Why School Choice is Compassionate”) followed up with this question: “What if you compare the education that some inner city students get in good Christian schools, compared to what they get in their local public schools?”Brandon Dutcher | April 1, 2014
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Education
‘Essentially no link’ between state education spending and student performance
Even as various school-employee labor unions and other members of the public-education community converged on the state capitol March 31 for an “education funding rally,” a new study released two weeks prior suggests that “there is essentially no link” between state education spending and student performance.Brandon Dutcher | March 19, 2014
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Agriculture
Bureaucratic Restraint? Fat Chance
Back in November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its plan to remove artificial trans fats from its list of ingredients that are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)—essentially banning the ingredient. In a few weeks, the comment period on the proposal will close and the FDA will likely move to implement the policy.Jayson Lusk | March 12, 2014
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Law & Principles
Religious Liberty ‘Has Everything to Do with the Limits of the State’
Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a consolidated case against the Obamacare abortifacient mandate, including the challenge brought by the David Green family, the owners and operators of Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby.Tina Korbe Dzurisin | March 12, 2014
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Education
What Failing Schools Really Cost Oklahoma
Schools, like students, need to learn to see a tough task through until it’s complete. And if they tell us they’re having too much trouble learning, reforms like school choice could help them get up to speed.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 12, 2014
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Education
Oklahoma Public Education Revenues at an All-Time High
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education, total common education available revenues have reached an all-time high.Jonathan Small | March 12, 2014
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Culture & the Family
Family Structure, Geography, and Income Mobility
Politicians and economists from the left and the right have been decrying the lack of economic mobility in the United States and offering different solutions to solve the problem.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | March 12, 2014