Articles
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Good Government
Should Government Run Things?
Ever since I came into contact with government, both state and federal, and especially in the four decades since first going to work in it, I've been struck by the reality gap between what many Americans expect of it and what it's actually good at doing.Chester E. Finn, Jr. | November 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Associated Press Now Outsourcing to Leftist Nonprofits
Never accuse the Associated Press of being hide bound by journalistic tradition. In a sharp break with past practice, the once-venerable news service is providing its 1,500 member papers with ready-to-run stories produced by "independent" reporters and editors.Ken McIntyre | November 1, 2009
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Budget & Tax, Education
Why Are Taxpayers Funding the Retirement of OEA Employees?
The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) is the most powerful labor union in Oklahoma. Their representatives, including lobbyists who roam the halls of the state capitol building, often are schoolteachers who have left the classroom in order to become OEA employees.Steve Anderson | October 5, 2009
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma's Budget Problems Worse Than You Think
I have friends who suffer from drug or alcohol addiction and others who, when untreated, manifest dreadful misbehavior rooted in mental disease. Those who effectively grapple with such issues tell me repeatedly the verity of an old expression that lies at the heart of recovery philosophies: The first thing is you have to admit you have a problem.Patrick B. McGuigan | October 5, 2009
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Budget & Tax
Beware of Super-Size Spending
I can't go to any fast food restaurant these days without being asked if I would like to "super-size" my order. After seeing my waistline gradually expand, I've started to answer, "No thanks!"Brett A. Magbee | October 5, 2009
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Economy
Productivity Collapse Staggering
It's time to bring the field of education into the fold of the free enterprise system.Andrew J. Coulson | October 5, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Labor's Day Is Over
In a new paper published by the Cato Institute, we show how the unionization of government employees creates a powerful, permanent constituency for bigger government-one that is motivated, well funded, and organized. We also make some recommendations as to how to check this constituency's growing power-an effort that promises to be an uphill struggle.Don Bellante, David Denholm & Ivan Osorio | October 5, 2009
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Good Government
Government 'Cannot Stay the Same'
There's no reason Oklahoma can't lead the way in providing an alternative to bigger and more expensive government.Patrick B. McGuigan | October 5, 2009
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Good Government
The Basic Truth About Government
I think it's OK to boss people around at the point of a gun.John Hood | October 5, 2009
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Health Care
Health Care Reform: What Oklahoma Can Learn from West Virginia
A big casualty of the congressional health care reform legislation would be the loss of states' flexibility in the financing and delivery of affordable health care options for their citizens.Dennis G. Smith | October 5, 2009