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Virtual Reagan Wall
To view the messages Oklahomans posted to the Reagan Wall, click through the interactive presentation below. If you would like to submit...
Tornado relief donation centers
The sun rises on a new day and the spirit of Oklahoma shines as Oklahomans come together to help our community pick up the pieces left b...
A question of priorities: Taxpayers or pork projects?
The Oklahoma Legislature is considering a last-minute commitment of roughly 80 million taxpayer dollars over the next few years to two m...
How fast does Oklahoma’s state government spend your money?
I’ve lamented before that, just as President Barack Obama is the biggest government spender in world history, Oklahoma’s curren...
Keep shutting doors on Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma
A few aspects of Obamacare are, per last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, still voluntary for the states. First among these is Obamac...
More unclassified employees a welcome change, and long overdue
As the 2013 legislative session nears its end, a very positive change concerning a number of employee positions is receiving serious con...
Obamacare’s temporary high-risk pool in Oklahoma provides a valuabl...
Because it doesn’t fit the narrative, Obamacare proponents in Oklahoma, including many in the media, are ignoring an important developme...
‘The 21 greatest conservative rap songs of all time’
You may think that conservative policy wonks are a bunch of uptight curmudgeons openly hostile to the destructive musical genres so belo...
Defined-contribution pension plan needed
Last week Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed legislation which would have authorized an optional defined-contribution retirement plan for new state...
GOP lawmakers pushing disguised version of Medicaid expansion?
OCPA president Michael Carnuccio recently pointed out in his Journal Record column that “Medicaid expansion, in any form, will ...
Join the OCPA Policy Impact Team!
The OCPA Policy Impact Team is comprised of freedom ambassadors who have heard the OCPA message -- that is, that our...
May issue of Perspective now online
In the May issue of Perspective (arriving in mailboxes soon), you’ll learn why OCPA research fellow Vance Fried thinks college ...
College Soon Will Look Very Different
In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one Oklahoman is confident that college will be far les...
857 Is Coming
Three digits keep me awake at night. Washington is full of numbers, but no number has quite shaken my core like 857. The Congressi...
OCPA Research Fellow Says College Soon Will Look Very Different
In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one Oklahoman is confident that college will be far les...
Parents Have the Right, Responsibility to Choose Best Schools
In a now-infamous MSNBC commercial, TV host Melissa Harris-Perry blithely and unblinkingly suggests taxpayers don’t spend enough on publ...
What I Learned from Walter Williams
When I stepped into a Ph.D. microeconomics class at George Mason University at the age of 23, I knew little about what lay in store for ...
In Case You Missed It
Alabor union has called for the repeal of Obamacare. http://shar.es/JhoXJ Using cost-effectiveness analysis, a new American Enterprise ...
Competitive Federalism Can Help Rebuild America
The “old” is the idea that the American government has limited powers, and that those powers are mostly reserved to the states, where “t...
Medicaid vs. religious freedom
You’re perhaps aware that the Oklahoma City-based retailer Hobby Lobby is challenging the HHS anti-conscience mandate, born of Obamacare...
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Tornado relief donation centers
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A question of priorities: Taxpayers o...
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How fast does Oklahoma’s state govern...
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Keep shutting doors on Obamacare’s Me...
Monday, May 20, 2013
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Why school boards often don’t represent their c...
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At a glance: State ballot questions
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Oklahoma’s Improved Economic Performance Sugges...
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Mitch Daniels, straight shooter
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