May 2007 Volume 14 Number 5

Oil Fuels Human Progress

May 01, 2007

In ancient times, the rate of human progress was so slow as to be indiscernible. People lived and died as their ancestors had done. Their outlook was pessimistic. In the second century AD, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote that anyone who had lived for 40 years had seen "all that is past and future." Human beings did not begin to... Read More >

Destructive Dogmas

May 01, 2007

There is no legitimate reason why the taxpayers of Oklahoma should support an academic program - the Women's Studies program at the University of Oklahoma - devoted to women and the promotion of the feminist ideology. As an academic matter, it is completely unnecessary. Serious scholars currently located in the OU Women's Studies progra... Read More >

Your Tax Dollars at Work

May 01, 2007

Here are some of the courses offered in the OU Women?s Studies program. ? Contemporary Feminist Thought ? Feminist Anthropology ? Women Creating Social Change ? Early Modern Witch-hunt ? Lesbian Literature ? Sociology of Family ? Human Sexuality ? Human Sexuality... Read More >

There Is Simply No Way I Could Make This Stuff Up

May 01, 2007

In the April-June 2006 edition of the journal Food and Foodways, OU women’s studies professor Julia C. Ehrhardt published an article entitled – stay with me here, folks – “Towards Queering Food Studies: Foodways, Heteronormativity, and Hungry Women in Chicana Lesbian Writing.” Dr. Ehrhardt, a Reach for Excellence Assi... Read More >

Market Economics in the Workplace

May 01, 2007

There should be a ready-made market for a great new book just out this spring: Charles G. Koch’s The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World’s Largest Private Company. Academia, government, nonprofit organizations and even much of the business world could use a management primer that integrates economic and managem... Read More >

The Surprising Truth About Teacher Pay

May 01, 2007

When adjusted for cost of living, pension contribution, and experience, teacher compensation in Oklahoma ranks 14th in the nation. Read More >

Lawsuit Reform Won't Come Easy

May 01, 2007

Oklahoma?s lawsuit reform enthusiasts may or may not be able to get all of their proposals enacted into law. In any case, passing a law is not the end of the story. I would ask lawsuit reform enthusiasts to consider the following bit of political argument: Although statutory schemes similar to Oklahoma?s [previous?an... Read More >

OCPA Dinner Honors American Heroes

May 01, 2007

OCPA hosted the eleventh annual Oklahoma Citizenship Award Dinner on Wednesday, March 21, with the evening’s theme revolving around “heroes.” Our award recipient, Oklahoma astronaut Lieutenant General Thomas Stafford, received the organization’s highest honor at a special ceremony held in the Sam Noble Special Events Cent... Read More >

Quote, Unquote

May 01, 2007

“It’s no accident that women’s studies is so different from other subjects. It has an explicit agenda, and the agenda is not simply to provide young women (and men) with knowledge and tools for future learning. Women’s studies is unabashedly political and intermingled with the feminist movement. The National Women’s Studies A... Read More >

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