Articles
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Culture & the Family
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.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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Good Government
Bureaucratic Restraint? Fat Chance
The government has moved from the role of impartial referee conveying the rules of the game to a player in the game, picking sides. The question before us isn’t whether certain foods or ingredients are unhealthy, but rather: What is the government’s role in regulating them?Jayson Lusk | March 12, 2014
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Education
ESAs Will Put Oklahoma Parents in Charge
Oklahoma’s public schools serve many children very well. Still, for various reasons, some students’ needs are better met in private schools, in virtual schools, or elsewhere. That is why two state lawmakers have introduced legislation to give parents debit cards, literally, to shop for the educational services that work best for their kids.Michael Carnuccio & Robert Enlow | March 12, 2014
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Education
Brookings scholar underwhelmed by the evidence on universal pre-K
Here at home, rather than continuing to put all their eggs in Oklahoma’s ineffective government-pre-K basket, policymakers should diversify their pre-K portfolio with vouchers, tax credits, and Education Savings Accounts.Brandon Dutcher | March 11, 2014
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Education
Oklahoma’s per-pupil available revenues at an all-time high
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education, per-pupil available revenues have reached an all-time high.Jonathan Small | March 7, 2014
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Education
Education Savings Accounts bear watching
Given some of its left-of-center funders and its membership in a George Soros-funded network of lefty news organizations, I’ve been keeping watch on Oklahoma Watch, a relatively new nonprofit journalism organization.Brandon Dutcher | March 2, 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 | February 28, 2014
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Good Government
Dr. Russell Moore: ‘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 | February 19, 2014
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Budget & Tax
YOU GUEST IT: Lawmaker says Oklahomans could use additional tax relief
Recently, a group of 10 state legislators, me included, from the House of Representatives and state Senate introduced a proposal to gradually reduce Oklahoma’s personal income tax rate from 5.25 percent to 4 percent over four years.Leslie Osborn | February 19, 2014