Articles
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Good Government
Crowding Out Oklahoma's Private Sector: A Real-World Example
If this were a baseball game, you might look at it this way: The OU print shop is allowed to start the inning as a runner on third base, before anyone else even steps up to the plate.Patrick B. McGuigan | June 30, 2009
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Good Government
Government Is Crowding Out Oklahoma's Private Sector
Personal income is an important economic measure of a state's well-being. Higher levels of personal income mean that a state's residents are able to buy more goods and services such as homes, cars, education, and health care. It is also a very useful way to gauge the ability of a state's residents to pay taxes.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | June 30, 2009
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Higher Education
Two views on lawsuit reform
OCPA adjunct scholar Andrew Spiropoulos isn't sold on Oklahoma's new tort-reform law, but in today's Tulsa World OCPA trustee John Brock says the law is good news.Brandon Dutcher | June 3, 2009
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Education
Adrift in the Slow Lane of Learning
For many college students, their years of "higher education" don't involve much education at all. Sure, they take a lot of courses and usually pass with As and Bs, but that is no guarantee that they have learned much. Between the inflation of grades and the watering down of the curriculum, students can get degrees without much intellectual effort.George Leef | June 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Despotism—The Soft Way
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."Samuel Gregg | June 1, 2009
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Education
Oklahoma Charter Schools Prevail
The struggle for quality education in Oklahoma, particularly in terms of consumer choice and empowerment, is rarely marked by dramatic moments. Most forward movement toward better schooling comes in small increments.Patrick B. McGuigan | June 1, 2009
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Education
How High Is Teacher Pay in Oklahoma?
When it comes to teacher pay in Oklahoma, here's a familiar refrain: Oklahoma has one of the lowest average salary levels for public school teachers in the nation, and we need to pay more to compete for the best.Neal McCluskey | June 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
The industry of racial identity should have long ago been shut down
So argues Victor Davis Hanson today at National Review Online.Brandon Dutcher | June 1, 2009
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Education
The Ivory Tower: Crumbling From Within?
Sandefer says he understands that the ivory towers of academia are built to withstand attacks from the outside. But he believes that continued bureaucratic rot from within, combined with innovation and disaggregation from the outside, may finally bring them down. The victors, he says, will be students, parents, and taxpayers.Jane S. Shaw | June 1, 2009
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Education
How High Is Teacher Pay in Oklahoma?
When it comes to teacher pay in Oklahoma, here's a familiar refrain: Oklahoma has one of the lowest average salary levels for public school teachers in the nation, and we need to pay more to compete for the best.Neal McCluskey | June 1, 2009