Articles
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Budget & Tax
Taming the vast-leftwing kleptocracy
"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.Brandon Dutcher | February 26, 2009
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Budget & Tax
Thanks, but no thanks
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.Brandon Dutcher | February 4, 2009
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Health Care
Tick, tick, tick...
Health-care expert Grace-Marie Turner, who has written for OCPA before, demonstrates that freedom is waning and Hillary is getting the last laugh.Brandon Dutcher | February 2, 2009
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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