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Policymakers touting marriage: Why knot?
When he discovered that “being divorced and a nonsmoker is [only] slightly less dangerous than smoking a pack or more a day and staying ...
Women’s liberation 2.0: It’s time for an ‘Etsy-earner’ agenda
Earlier this year, feminists across the country celebrated the golden-jubilee reissue of Betty Friedan’s wave-making work, The Femin...
All your kids belong to us
Even by MSNBC’s standards, this is a jaw-dropper. But let us be grateful for this woman’s candor. When Americans on the political left (...
Children Are Key to a Prosperous Economy
A topic that both liberal and conservative publications seem to be writing about with more frequency is the rapid aging of our populatio...
Oh, baby! Let’s get college costs under control
Jonathan V. Last, a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, has written a new book called What to Expect When No One's Expect...
The Mother of All First Ladies’ Campaigns: ‘Let’s Marry’
From Nancy Reagan to Michelle Obama, the First Lady, whoever she happens to be, has made a point to officially champion a worthy cause. ...
Marriage Not Tangential to ‘The American Dream’
The American Dream”: Once, the term called to mind a particular economic and social progression through life—a progression that almost i...
DHS program adjustments a step in the right direction
In an article last year I made the argument that “state legislators should shrink the Department of Human Services budget and enlarge yo...
When government replaces family
Oklahomans may not realize this, but our state constitution originally required compulsory school attendance for children “between the ...
Invest in Oklahoma’s most important early educators
There’s been a lot of talk lately about investing in “early education” in Oklahoma. And while everyone agrees that early education is vi...
Oklahomans to Trim Family Budgets If Obama Tax Hikes Enacted
Unless Congress acts soon, 2011 will bring with it higher federal taxes as the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush expire. S...
Poverty Explodes, Root Cause Is the Collapse of Marriage
New data released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau show the largest increase in poverty in U.S. recorded history. Under President Ob...
Traditional Families Key to Oklahoma’s Prosperity
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), whose speech for OCPA this spring received widespread national attention, recently lamented that Mr. Obama’s borr...
Are Families Moving to Oklahoma?
New evidence suggests families are moving to Oklahoma in droves. Now we just need more family-and job-friendly policies to keep them here.
Toward a Pro-Family Tax Policy
In an important article in the current issue of The Family in America ("A Capital Catastrophe: Why a Little-Noticed Crisis Port...
Married Fathers: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
The mainstream media, liberal politicians, activists, and academia bewail child poverty in the U.S. But in these ritual lamentations, on...
Family tax relief is good policy, good politics
In a very important article in the current issue of The Family in America ("A Capital Catastrophe: Why a Little-Noticed Crisis Portends ...
Where Do You Want Us to Cut?
Over the years OCPA has provided policymakers with no shortage of specific recommendations, in budget books and in other publications, o...
State Government Needs Your Help
News reports tell us that a revenue shortfall is likely for state government during the current fiscal year. Reduced allocations to stat...
The Family Is a Fiscal Issue
In the modern world of consumer choice divorced from any moral grounding, family policy can seem hopelessly divisive. Some argue that “a...
