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While Oklahoma's private sector has shed more than 36,000 jobs during this recession, one sector of the state economy has shown itself to be remarkably recession-proof: government. Oklahoma's state and local governments have added 8,600 jobs since the recession began.

In these circumstances, America's greatest hope is hardly its political leaders. Rather it is those millions of Americans who still treasure liberty and have no intention of becoming comfortable serfs. As Tocqueville himself observed, "The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."

So argues Victor Davis Hanson today at National Review Online.

"This is a good moment," Dr. John Mark Reynolds writes, "to begin the long process of educating the next generation of voters so that generation Obama gives way to generation Conservative."

Personal income is an important measure of Oklahoma's economic well-being. Fundamentally, personal income comes from two sources: the private sector and the public sector. Only the private sector-the proverbial "goose that lays the golden egg"-creates new income. The public sector can only redistribute income through taxes and spending.

In the modern world of consumer choice divorced from any moral grounding, family policy can seem hopelessly divisive. Some argue that “alternative family forms” are simply private lifestyle choices, comparable to our choices of curtains, cuisine, or music. The choice to have children inside or outside marriage is just another personal choice for each individual to make privately.