February 2010 Volume 17 Number 2

An Unintended Consequence Worth Praying For

February 01, 2010

"Oklahoma may or may not finish this fiscal year in the black," I wrote last summer in Urban Tulsa Weekly, "and the consensus seems to be that next year's budget situation will be worse. ... And there's one proposal-an item on next year's crowded ballot-that is certain to cause headaches. Leaders of the state's most powerful labor union, the Oklahoma Education Association, are asking taxpayers for an additional $850 million annual bailout. It's called the HOPE initiative Read More >

Take Heart, Conservatives: The People Are with Us

February 01, 2010

By Michael Carnuccio

I have been named the new president of OCPA, and it is an honor to be leading an organization dedicated to educating Oklahomans consistent with the principles of free enterprise, limited government, and individual initiative. I say this not only because of my own passions and beliefs, but because they are shared by the majority of Americans. Make no mistake, this has been and will always be a center-right nation, and Gallup and others tell us Oklahoma is one of the most conservative states in this nation. Allow me to explain. Read More >

Focus ... Focus ... Focus

February 01, 2010

By Brett A. Magbee

There is no more important principle for success in life than focus. Most athletes will tell you that even with all the physical preparation possible, if you are not intensively focused during each second of the game, you can be blindsided by an opponent. In life, as in sports, it just takes a split second for the opponent to gain the advantage. Read More >

Quote/Unquote

February 01, 2010

"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious."
Thomas Jefferson, in an 1824 letter to William Ludlow Read More >

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