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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...
Interposition Now
Hope, Advent reminds us, often comes from unlikely protagonists and places, such as a peasant girl in a no-name village. In the less ear...
Equality Is Now the Ruling Principle in Oklahoma
[Last month Oklahoma voters went to the polls and approved State Question 759. The measure bans affirmative action programs in the state...
A Federalist Look across America
We conservatives like to talk about the importance of federalism in our constitutional system, but we rarely spend enough time looking a...
Time for Oklahoma to ‘Walk the Walk’ on Obama’s Health-Overhaul Law
So what do we do now?” That’s the question many people are asking since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the president’s...
Competitive Federalism: Leveraging the Constitution to Strengthen O...
The federal government is financially broke. Because it is not restricted by a balanced budget requirement, it constantly spends money i...
Mortgage Settlement Provides a Lesson in Federalism
Many Oklahomans have been paying close attention to the recent announcement of the settlement reached with five major mortgage companies...
The Debt Crisis in Ancient Rome: Lessons for Today
"The Government simply cannot make up their minds, or they cannot get the Prime Minister to make up his mind. So they go on in strange p...
Resolving an Enormous Debt Crisis
Thomas Jefferson might rightly be called the greatest American. His Declaration of Independence established the United States as the onl...
The New Technology: Lessons from History
History teaches us that technology can be a great force for human freedom, but it can also be used to strengthen despotism. In these rem...
The Internet Paradox
[Editor’s note: As we went to press, the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger was thrown into chaos on August 31 when the Obama Justice Dep...
Congress Should Pass, and State Legislature Should Ratify, Balanced...
In July, 64 members of the Oklahoma Legislature declared their support for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In my o...
Power of the Purse Can ‘Redress Every Grievance’
Scarcely a day goes by that we aren’t treated to reports of some new folly or outrage from the federal government. One thinks, for examp...
Why June 15 Matters
I always began my course on the history of freedom in America with Magna Carta. June 15 is as important a day as July 4. In fact, we ne...
'National Popular Vote' Is a Very Bad Idea
The Legislature is seriously considering the “National Popular Vote” bill. This bill would fundamentally alter how we elect our presiden...
Restoring Federalism with an Interstate Compact for Health Care Reform
Pushing back against the current overreach of the federal government—and protecting against future expansions of its power—are urgent a...
Statement from OCPA: Legislature Should Reform the State Board of E...
The following statement was issued today by constitutional law professor Andrew Spiropoulos, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow ...
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Statement on ObamaCare Lawsuit
OKLAHOMA CITY (January 21, 2010) – The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) released the following statement today regarding the ...
Oklahoma's Preemptive Strike on Sharia Law
In 2010 the Oklahoma Legislature placed on the ballot, and the voters approved, a constitutional amendment requiring that courts rely on...
(Not) Making the Grade
So many things divide Americans these days that it may be naïve to assume there are still some things—maybe even quite a few things—that...
