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Jonathan Small
President
Jonathan Small, C.P.A., serves as President and joined the staff in December of 2010. Previously, Jonathan served as a budget analyst for the Oklahoma Office of State Finance, as a fiscal policy analyst and research analyst for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and as director of government affairs for the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Small’s work includes co-authoring “Economics 101” with Dr. Arthur Laffer and Dr. Wayne Winegarden, and his policy expertise has been referenced by The Oklahoman, the Tulsa World, National Review, the L.A. Times, The Hill, the Wall Street Journal and the Huffington Post. His weekly column “Free Market Friday” is published by the Journal Record and syndicated in 27 markets. A recipient of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s prestigious Private Sector Member of the Year award, Small is nationally recognized for his work to promote free markets, limited government and innovative public policy reforms. Jonathan holds a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Recent Articles
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Judicial Reform
U.S. Supreme Court should take Oklahoma charter-school case
In the St. Isidore case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong and effectively discriminated against charter-school proponents because of religion. All Oklahomans would benefit if the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case.Jonathan Small | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court’s creativity reduces legal certainty
The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s creative thinking leaves Oklahoma businesses and citizens without legal certainty.Jonathan Small | September 9, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Parties and policy matter
Personalities matter in presidential elections. But ideology and proposed policies matter even more.Jonathan Small | August 22, 2024
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Energy
Lawsuit highlights poor returns generated by ESG investing
If you want to use your own money to make political statements, that’s fine. But it’s not okay to use other people’s money and put them at risk of a less financially secure retirement, says Jonathan Small, a former board member of the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System.Jonathan Small | August 19, 2024
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Culture & the Family
No, you’re not blind
Who are you going to believe—the so-called elites, or your lying eyes?Jonathan Small | August 12, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court justices are legislating from the bench
The Oklahoma Supreme Court controls dictionary definitions with the untethered freedom of a fiction writer—and does so after a law has been passed. That effectively makes the Court both the legislative and judicial branch in one entity.Jonathan Small | August 5, 2024
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Education
Chicken Little rhetoric from education special interests was wrong (again)
It never made sense to pay schools for educating “ghost students” who weren’t there. Oklahoma state lawmakers were right to ignore the lobbyists and do what’s best for taxpayers.Jonathan Small | July 29, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court errs on religious school decision
For too long, activist judges have falsely claimed a ban on state favoritism of religion requires active state opposition to religious entities. Sadly, it appears a majority of Oklahoma Supreme Court justices have adopted that stance.Jonathan Small | July 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Drummond wants law schools to obey the law
Is it too much to ask that law schools obey the law? Apparently, the American Bar Association thinks it is.Jonathan Small | July 15, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Conservatives gain in Oklahoma legislative races
Oklahoma’s primary elections showed that candidates who embrace conservative positions on judicial nominations, taxes, and school choice do far better, on average, than those who don’t.Jonathan Small | July 8, 2024
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