[Posted below is the text of a Marlin Oil Corporation advertorial which appears in the February 3, 2010, edition of The City Sentinel.]Go...

On December 28, 2009, Amy Merrick of The Wall Street Journal reported ("Pawlenty Pushes Caps on Spending") that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlen...

Approximately one-third of workers' compensation insurance policies in the Oklahoma market are written by CompSource, best described as a...

In the economic sphere an act, a habit, an institution, a law produces not only one effect, but a series of effects. Of these effects, th...

[Editor's note: This article appeared January 16, 2010 on CapitolBeatOK.com.]A new study from the Tax Foundation questions the effectiven...

House Bill 1017 was a well-intentioned and noble policy initiative whose goal was to create an outstanding school system and resultant pr...

I have been named the new president of OCPA, and it is an honor to be leading an organization dedicated to educating Oklahomans consisten...

There is no more important principle for success in life than focus. Most athletes will tell you that even with all the physical preparat...

OCPA is proud to announce that Michael Carnuccio will become president of the organization effective immediately.

In an attempt to expand the choices available for parents of elementary and secondary students, state Sen. Dan Newberry (R-Tulsa) this mo...

Have you ever had the experience of being afraid to walk down a certain street because a bully there intimidated you? I have long since o...

What students are actually learning in America's colleges may astonish you.On February 10, the nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organiz...

In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama proposed spending another $4 billion annually on K-12 public education. He ...

"Oklahoma may or may not finish this fiscal year in the black," I wrote last summer in Urban Tulsa Weekly, "and the consensus seems to be...

The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation have tracked the march of economic freedom with their influential Index of Economic F...

OCPA research fellow Steve Anderson discusses if the stimulus package is creating jobs.

[Editor’s note: The data in this article have been superseded by the updated information here.]It takes 17 Oklahomans in the private sect...

According to a recent Gallup Poll, “More than one-third of Americans (36%) have a positive image of ‘socialism,’ while 58% have a negativ...

Forrest Claunch discusses the real relationship between the Oklahoma lottery and education.

"It's not healthy to create these battles between state and federal government. We ought to be working together."  -- Gov. Brad Henr...

One political science professor says the governor's address to the legislature "giving his plan to balance the budget is one of the most ...

"The many types of government waste can be placed on a 'Government Waste Taxonomy' tree chart," writes James M. Hohman of the Mackinac Ce...

Surveys show that most Americans still support a strong free enterprise system. This assures economic freedom which naturally extends to ...

This OCPA article suggests that private insurance companies would do a better job than a government agency.

Approximately one-third of workers’ compensation insurance policies in the Oklahoma market are written by CompSource, best describe...

Cato Institute scholar Andrew J. Coulson suggests you're not doin' fine, Oklahoma.

In discussing public policy issues the other day with our interns, I was struck by how much they really “got it.” One of them commented t...