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Remembering A Great Teacher
He Cared about the Lives of His Students By Brian Hobbs When renowned OU professor J. Rufus Fears passed away on Oct. 6, he left a tre...
The Sum of All Fears: “Victory!”
A unique man, J. Rufus Fears, died last month. In addition to scholarly writings of erudition and insight, he was a classroom teacher wi...
In Case You Missed It
Oklahoma’s largest newspaper asks: How can lawmakers justify not going to an administrative system for workers’ comp? http://okne.ws/MqI...
In Case You Missed It
Paul Ryan likes Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears. http://nyti.ms/pwgCSb Recently enacted Information T...
In Case You Missed It
If you’re committing workers’ compensation fraud, your attorney advises you not to post it on Facebook. http://ow.ly/crcw8 The Oklahoma...
In Case You Missed It
In the Tulsa Union school district, bureaucrats in marked security vehicles perform “residency checks” to make sure students actually li...
Gov. Walker Impressive at OCPA Dinner
OCPA’s 2012 Citizenship Dinner, held on April 11th at Oklahoma City’s National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, was a tremendous su...
The Ultimate Gift
There is no greater gift that anyone can give than to pass along to fellow citizens a genuine love of God, family, and country. OCPA ce...
When the Light Bulb Goes On
Most people are “non-ideologues,” meaning they aren’t zealots for a particular political point of view. They live and work each day outs...
What Would Reagan Do?
That was the question of the day when OCPA hosted a special remembrance of the late President Ronald Reagan at the Capitol on February 7...
In Support of Liberty …
Most substantive public policy ideas either advance liberty or they advance totalitarianism. Liberty frees individuals to achieve and ex...
2011 Goodbyes
The great thing about working at OCPA is the caliber of people you get an opportunity to work with—none any finer than our trustees. Unf...
Liberty Gala Features Gov. Mitch Daniels
The 2011 Liberty Gala held on October 6 at The Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Tulsa was a special event. KWTV News 9 Anchor ...
The Two Paths
There are two diverging paths in America today. On one path are those who believe that more and more government, made up of countless ag...
It’s All about the Box
Have you ever wondered what is the greatest challenge to reforming public policies today? Is it politics? Special interests? Lack of fun...
Bloom for the Future
Bloom where you are planted,” the wise old saying goes. It’s good sense to concentrate on the earth beneath your feet. The Oklahoma Coun...
The Best of the Best
In the July issue of The Scientist magazine, two Oklahoma institutions are given high marks for being among the top ten Best Places to W...
OCPA Freedom Banquet Honors Military on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day 2011, Fort Sill’s Patriot Club was the site of OCPA’s first-ever Freedom Banquet. The event was held to honor and rememb...
Oklahomans Oppose Obamacare, High Taxes, Anti-Family Welfare Policies
In an effort to gauge public opinion on various policy questions, OCPA recently commissioned SoonerPoll to conduct a statewide survey of...
Citizenship Award Dinner Highlights American Exceptionalism
All of the problems that we face can be turned around, but it should anger us that we are even having a conversation about America’s dec...
