Articles
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
Your tax dollars at work
Ah, what the geography majors are studying in Norman these days.Brandon Dutcher | February 2, 2009
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Budget & Tax
How Many Oklahomans Does It Take to Fund One Government Job?
It takes 18 Oklahomans in the private sector to fund one Oklahoma state government job.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | February 1, 2009
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Budget & Tax
State Government's Overhead Overload
"My sister-in-law came to visit me last week from her new home in Silver Spring, Maryland," World magazine essayist Andrée Seu wrote in November. "When the economy threatened, she left a good job in the private sector in Florida for the greater security of a job with the Department of Veterans Affairs."Brandon Dutcher | February 1, 2009
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Education
BMI Screening Smacks of Big Brother
Should Oklahoma's state-run schools monitor kids' body mass index (BMI)? Even if BMI were a reliable guide to health and even if the program is to be voluntary, as its sponsor insists, the answer is surely no.Sheldon Richman | February 1, 2009
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Education
Oklahoma 'ahead of the curve'
Read the latest Choice Remarks posting here.Brandon Dutcher | January 30, 2009
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Health Care
OCPA health-care author speaks at Heritage Foundation event
Tom Daxon, author of a recent OCPA study on health care, recently spoke at a seminar in Omaha sponsored by The Heritage Foundation.Brandon Dutcher | January 30, 2009
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Education
That's odd. You would think government-owned media would be friendly to conservatives
Talk about arrogant. The folks at OETA aren't merely unfriendly to conservatives; they're downright hostile. Looks to me like it's time for a little sunshine. Or better yet, some careful oversight from appropriators.Brandon Dutcher | January 29, 2009
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Budget & Tax
Does this mean income-tax cuts are back on the table?
It looks like Oklahoma could be back in the chips again. The head of the state's most powerful labor union says that President Obama's "stimulus" plan will free up some funds here in Oklahoma. Hey, that's good to hear.Brandon Dutcher | January 29, 2009
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Education
Oklahoma in line for $339 million in school vouchers
Read the latest Choice Remarks posting here.Brandon Dutcher | January 26, 2009
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Good Government
Ensuring That Only Citizens Vote
We may never know how many non-citizens voted illegally on November 4.Hans A. von Spakovsky | January 23, 2009