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No one know for sure just how much the federal government can continue to borrow before investors get indigestion from buying too many Treasuries. Unfortunately, this data suggests that we may just find out.

A few years back, Justice Antonin Scalia said of a bad U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion: "Most bad precedents come as a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. This one comes as a wolf."

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 purchase more goods and services such as homes, cars, education, and health care.

Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousandfold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics, or medicine-the special pleading of selfish interests.

Government gets its money by either taxing the private sector or borrowing from the private sector. In extreme cases, the government can print its own money.

Should the unsuccessful regulate the successful?

Betty Mason, public school educator for decades and former superintendent of the Oklahoma City public school system, is spending her "retirement" years as superintendent of St. John Christian Heritage Academy.

"A House committee Wednesday approved a measure to require state employees and agency heads to report how much time they spend talking with legislators promoting or opposing legislation," The Oklahoman reports.

Hillary Clinton once averred that the president needs to be "ready on day one to be commander in chief of the U.S. economy." Umm, no. And no governor, Republican or Democrat, should fancy himself the "steward" of Oklahomans' property or financial affairs. Brad Henry is the commander-in-chief of the state militia, not the commander-in-chief of the state economy.

Health-care expert Grace-Marie Turner, who has written for OCPA before, demonstrates that freedom is waning and Hillary is getting the last laugh.