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Oklahoma Health Care Policy at the Crossroads
Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Comprehensive Health Independence Plan, or O-CHIP, was introduced into the intensifying debate over what ...
Oklahomans Want Limited Government, Lower Taxes
Source: Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates, telephone interviews of 500 registered voters in the state of Oklahoma, August 11-15, 2...
Mandates or Markets?
Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Comprehensive Health Independence Plan, or O-CHIP, was introduced into the intensifying debate over what ...
Oklahoma at the Crossroads of Health Care Reform
Oklahoma tried to jump on the bandwagon of health care reform 10 years ago. Unfortunately, it was the wrong bandwagon. Since the creation...
Six Suggestions for Asking Candidates Questions
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe,” noted Albert Einstein. It’s what I call...
Light Bulb Lunacy
How many people does it take to change a light bulb? Four hundred, if the people in question are members of the United States Congress.Th...
Former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese to speak at OCPA Liberty Gala
OKLAHOMA CITY- The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) will welcome former U.S. Attorney General, Edwin Meese III, as the guest spe...
Why the Founders Would Join OCPA
The days that followed September 11 have presented our country with a challenge every bit as great as that faced by the generation of the...
A Senator in the ‘No’
Some years back, a newspaper comic strip showed lemmings running toward a cliff. One said to another, "Don't worry, this was a bipartisan...
The Audacity of HOPE
"There's a tradition in education," former New York City school chancellor Frank Macchiarola once observed, "that if you spend a dollar a...
Effects of Greater Education Spending Questioned
OKLAHOMA CITY (September 9, 2008) - The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) hosted a National Education Association (NEA) meeting today ...
Their Bias is Showing!
Any objective person viewing the national news media’s recent reporting leading up to and following the political conventions, must certa...
Politicians’ Power Dwarfs the Rich
There's no shortage of harping about the exorbitant incomes of America's superstar entertainers, CEOs, investment bankers, and others. Bu...
The Facts Notwithstanding, Preschool Evangelists Believe
Last month in Perspective ("Oklahoma Preschool Study Provides No Evidence of Lasting Benefits") I pointed out that Oklahoma's NAEP scores...
Millennials are the Future of Freedom
America is divided between two ways of thinking about government, perhaps more now than at any time in our history. One reason for this ...
In Praise of (and Sympathy for) Teachers
The new school year is upon us, and it's time for a word in appreciation of teachers.Observing a focus group recently that pulled togethe...
Patriotic Taxation?
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about patriotism after a candidate for national office claimed that raising taxes on the rich is ...
Let’s Expand Higher-Ed Vouchers in Oklahoma
Competition is good.In sports, competition forces athletes to strive harder and get better in order to succeed. In business, competition ...
Summer Doesn’t Slow Down for OCPA!
This summer has been a busy one. More policy ideas have been discussed and written about than at any time in our history. More media outl...
EDITORIAL: Oklahomans want limited government, lower taxes
Political scientists will tell you that Oklahoma 's political culture is one of the most conservative in the nation. So it's always encou...
OCPA Hosts Former Attorney General at the Inaugural Liberty Gala
Tulsa (September 19, 2008)- The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) welcomed former U.S. Attorney General, Edwin Meese III, to the ...
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