December 2008 Volume 15 Number 12
- Edmondson Should Free 'The Oklahoma Three'
- December 03, 2008
By Patrick B. McGuigan
Last month, several organizations sponsored a meeting in Oklahoma City focused on the initiative process in Oklahoma and the nation. Panelists focused on technical issues such as signature-gathering requirements, judicial review of ballot initiatives (pre- and post-election), “time and place” restrictions on the petitions, and other important issues.
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- Underpaid? Hey, Me Too!
- December 03, 2008
- By J. Scott Moody and Brandon Dutcher
Recent news stories tell us that the state’s most powerful labor union has collected signed petitions asking for more money for education.
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- Overcrowding on the Government Gravy Train
- December 03, 2008
- By J. Scott Moody, Wendy Warcholik, and Brandon Dutcher
The compensation of Oklahoma’s government employees exceeds that of their private-sector counterparts. But a bigger problem is that we simply have too many government employees in this state: Oklahoma’s ratio of government employment to private-sector employment is a disturbing 5th highest in the country. Bringing this ratio in line with the national average would have saved Oklahoma taxpayers $2.8 billion last year.
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- How the Founders Responded to a Debt and Mortgage Crisis
- December 03, 2008
- By J. Rufus Fears
The year 2008 is not the first time our country has faced a debt and mortgage crisis with profound consequences for our freedom—our economic freedom, our political freedom, and even our national freedom.
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- Why Bailouts Aren't Enough
- December 03, 2008
- By Tom Daxon
The financial markets have taken on a lot of water recently. Congress has been bailing furiously. But are we doing anything to actually fix the leak?
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- North Tulsa Pastor Says Kids Need Educational Options
- December 03, 2008
- By Patrick B. McGuigan
Dr. Donald O’Neil Tyler is the pastor of Greater Grace Temple in north Tulsa. But it was fatherhood, not his role as a pastor, which first made him a school choice advocate.
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- Health Care Freedom in Jeopardy
- December 03, 2008
- By Greg Scandlen
Those of us who are concerned about health care have a lot to worry about.
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- What a Year!
- December 03, 2008
- By Brett A. Magbee
This has been an interesting year nationally to say the least, especially the last few months. Change has come to America but as most admit, no one really knows what that change will mean. One thing is certain, the basic principles that ensure freedom are still intact. Those are the same principles that OCPA upholds 7 days a week, 365 days a year, year after year, and which drive our public policy ideas.
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- Guess Who Wants a Bailout
- December 03, 2008
- By Jay P. Greene
A major industry has gotten in line to receive a bailout. It directly employs more than six million people. That’s a lot of people considering that there are a total of 300 million men, women, and children in the United States, of whom 137 million are currently employed (excluding farmers). So the workers in this industry constitute about four percent of all U.S. workers.
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- Quote/Unquote
- December 03, 2008
“Martin Luther King’s famous comment about his dream—when men would be judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin—has been hypocritically morphed into the dictum that we should ignore the content of a man’s character just so long as his skin color helps us to overlook the obvious.”
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Author Douglas Wilson
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