March 2008 Volume 15 Number 3
- Grace and Peace: Peggy Noonan's Glimpse of Heaven
- March 01, 2008
- To use a word Margaret Thatcher gave political meaning to, Peggy Noonan is not "wobbly." She knows, and she believes. That gives her writing tremendous authenticity. To an important degree, she's always been that way. Read More >
- Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Oklahoma's CareerTech System
- March 01, 2008
An expensive tax-funded PR campaign assures us that the Oklahoma CareerTech system is "elevating our economy." But clear economic thinking requires us to look beyond special-interest pleading and to consider not only that which is seen, but that which is unseen.
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- CareerTech School Embraces Choice!
- March 01, 2008
- A certain vo-tech school with an ample marketing budget is using all sorts of media-mail pieces, ads at movie theaters, billboards, and more-to inform Oklahomans that "It's About Choice." Read More >
- Immigration Policy in Oklahoma: The Tension Between Liberty and Law
- March 01, 2008
Immigration, not Social Security, is suddenly the third rail of American politics. Most everyone seems to agree it's a major problem of law and culture. There's a widely held belief that the federal government over the past two decades failed us all by losing control of our national borders and ignoring illegal immigrants among us.
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- New Neighbors: Will We Love Them as Ourselves?
- March 01, 2008
We worry a lot about presidential candidates, but this election is showing the need for thoughtful, hopeful voters. When voters are pessimistic and adamant about holding onto their slices of pie, candidates respond in protectionist ways. When voters are optimistic about the opportunity to bake more pies and share the bounty, campaigns brighten.
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- Unions to Underprivileged Children: You Can't Escape
- March 01, 2008
Horace Mann, generally regarded as the father of America's current public school system, once prophesied: "Let the Common School ... be worked with the efficiency of which it is susceptible, and nine tenths of the crimes in the penal code would become obsolete; the long catalogue of human ills would be abridged."
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- In Praise of 'Price Gouging'
- March 01, 2008
- Milton Friedman once said, "Only a crisis, real or imagined, produces change." Read More >
- Extending the School Year: Another Non-Solution
- March 01, 2008
Over the last year, the idea of extending the school day and school year has gained favor among those who are looking for new ideas to improve Oklahoma's struggling public schools.
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- Weighty Matters
- March 01, 2008
"Deliver your words not by number but by weight." It's an old English proverb, and one that OCPA takes seriously.
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- Quote/Unquote
- March 01, 2008
- "The same old thing isn't going to get it done. We need to look at things like charter schools and school choice - a lot of things that are not business as usual." - U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, speaking Feb. 28 to a joint meeting of the Oklahoma House and Senate Education Committees. "His lack of an accounting degree proved no ... Read More >
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