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Who Are Oklahoma’s So-Called ‘Rich’?
In the continuing public discussion about reducing Oklahoma’s personal income-tax rate, tax-cut opponents often argue that these tax cut...
Oklahoma’s 2013 Legislative Session: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From those to whom much is given, much is required, the Bible says. Oklahoma is a state, not a person. Still, we have been given much,...
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...
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 ...
Is Increased Spending Oklahoma’s Default Setting?
With credit to Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole, who recently compared the current struggle over the federal budget to a five-act drama, it...
Workers’ Comp Reform Will Spur Oklahoma Economy
Perennially debated issues at the state legislature have their own peculiar rhythm. With proposed tax cuts or exemptions, for example, t...
Tax Myths Debunked
The U.S. economy has recently suffered its deepest and most prolonged recession since the Great Depression. The fundamental causes of th...
Oklahoma Government Spending at an All-Time High (Again)
The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services recently released the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the sta...
Food Police Are a Threat to Our Liberties
Oklahoma is the sixth-fattest state in the nation. If that weren’t bad enough, a 2012 report entitled F as in Fat projected the percenta...
Why We Fight
With the cold winds of November came the re-election of Barack Obama, perhaps the most liberal-progressive leader in American history. A...
California’s One-Man Laffer Curve
In a recent article I condemned the foolish people of California for approving a referendum to raise the state’s top tax rate to 13.3 pe...
Forbes Writer Lauds OCPA Fellow’s ‘Revolutionary’ Idea
In a lengthy article published on December 29, 2012 (“Brownback says his changes in Kansas are a model for the nation”), The Kansas City...
Look Out Texas—Here Comes Kansas!
[The following is excerpted from the State of the State Address delivered on January 15, 2013, by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.] In an era...
Kansas Is Cutting Taxes, Right-Sizing Government
On January 1, 2013, historic tax cuts were implemented in Kansas. Lawmakers in Nebraska and Louisiana are watching, with the chief exec...
A Valley Forge Moment for Conservatives
[Below is the text of Sen. Coburn’s speech to The American Spectator’s 45th Anniversary Dinner on November 14, 2012.] Thank you for tha...
Administrative Hiring Binge Costs $229 Million Annually
Moderator Bob Schieffer was only partly right in a recent presidential debate when he said, “I think we all love teachers.” Decades-lo...
James Harden’s State Income Tax: ‘Zilch’
The Houston Rockets, which recently acquired ex-Oklahoma City Thunder star James Harden in a trade, had more to offer Harden than extend...
Time to Do Something Great: A Freedom Agenda for 2013
It’s been said that there are two types of people in politics: those who want to be somebody great, and those who want to do something g...
Oklahoma’s Pension Problems Are Worse than You Think
As we’ve pointed out numerous times in these pages, Oklahoma’s pension crisis is far worse than the official estimates. The official es...
It’s Time to Stop Taxpayer Funding of the Indian Museum
Findings in the recent performance audit of the Native American Cultural and Education Authority (NACEA) leave no doubt that it’s time t...
