Articles
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Higher Education
Putting the ‘boom’ in Boomer
The controversial book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is required reading in an OU English course this semester. The book's author has acknowledged that pipeline violence could cause deaths.Jonathan Small | April 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
60 percent of JNC members are not Republicans
In a state where a majority of voters are Republicans, only 40% of JNC members are Republicans.Jonathan Small | April 15, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Judicial Nominating Commission structure hides partisan tilt
Defenders claim the JNC is “nonpartisan.” But the membership requirements of the group have granted Democratic partisans outsized influence in selecting Oklahoma judges.Ray Carter | April 15, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Democratic donors dominate OBA leadership
Campaign-donation records show the Oklahoma Bar Association's leadership is stacked with Democratic partisans.Ray Carter | April 12, 2024
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Education
Democrat lawmaker worries about ‘millionaire grandparents’
Legislation by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and House Speaker Charles McCall would make minor fixes to Oklahoma’s universal school choice program. But opponents now claim that wealthy grandparents may game the system.Ray Carter | April 11, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Group that selects Oklahoma judges loves Cuba?
The Oklahoma Bar Association offered its attorneys continuing legal education (CLE) credit for vacationing in a totalitarian communist country that flouts the rule of law.Ray Carter | April 11, 2024
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Education
Amid abuse concerns, limits on virtual school days advance
Citing concerns that virtual school days are being abused and are contributing to student learning loss, members of the House Common Education Committee have advanced legislation restricting the number of virtual days allowed.Ray Carter | April 9, 2024
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Education, Culture & the Family
Bible class ‘released time’ a good idea for Oklahoma
Let’s allow Oklahoma students to be excused from school to attend a course in religious instruction.Tom Newell | April 9, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Judicial-nomination transparency bill clears committee
Legislation that would end the closed-door, secretive process currently used to select Oklahoma judges has received strong support from a House committee.Ray Carter | April 9, 2024
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Budget & Tax, Economy
Oklahoma drawing Millennials, data show
Critics often claim that Oklahoma’s conservative policies will cause a mass exodus of people. But the facts keep proving these critics wrong.Ray Carter | April 9, 2024