October 2007 Volume 14 Number 10
- Conservatism for a New Generation
- October 01, 2007
- Patrick McGuigan recently presented his vision for a "Conservatism for Oklahoma's Second Century." Jason Reese continues the discussion. Read More >
- Can Real Lawsuit Reform Happen in Oklahoma?
- October 01, 2007
- Legislative progress is within reach, but the other two branches of government continue to impede reform. Read More >
- School Choice ? If You Can Afford It
- October 01, 2007
- Simply pay tuition to a private school, or buy a house near the public school of your choice. But we can do better as a state. Read More >
- Credit Where Credit's Due
- October 01, 2007
- On March 24, the Associated Press reported on "what could be a trendsetting state tax break for families"-giving Oklahoma's stay-at-home moms a credit on the family income-tax bill. "At this point, we're not aware of other states with laws like this one," a spokesman for the National Conference of State Legislatures was quoted as saying. The AP story continue... Read More >
- HillaryCare II
- October 01, 2007
- Sen. Clinton says her new health plan will not be "government-run" and will not create the big bureaucracy her initial effort would have erected. Read More >
- Dog and Phony Show
- October 01, 2007
- The Oklahoma Lottery has launched a new game in which players submit photos of their dogs to be featured on scratch-off tickets. Lottery employees will judge which dogs are the most photogenic and choose photos to appear on the "Lucky Dog Scratchers." This game is not all that unusual or remarkable as lotteries go, but doesn't it seem a bit odd that lottery e... Read More >
- The Problem with Road-and-Bridge Socialism
- October 01, 2007
- "The real problem of socialism," economist William Anderson points out in a recent article for the Ludwig von Mises Institute ("Roads, Bridges, and Socialist Capital"), is "the problem of economic calculation, and especially how socialism almost always leads to a depleted and obsolete capital stock." Capital and capital stock cannot simply be taken for grant... Read More >
- Moving Oklahoma Forward
- October 01, 2007
- The summer has passed quickly. Two important Summer Speaker Series luncheons were held-along with numerous policy meetings with opinion leaders. Our Avery Boardroom has been busy as well, hosting many gatherings of influential thinkers on important issues. OCPA was fully engaged in the activities of researching key issues and reporting our findings and our viewpoints to ci... Read More >
- Quote Unquote
- October 01, 2007
- ?I cannot claim to be a ;od teacher simply because I have a master?s in education, two licenses and eight years of experience. I can claim to be a ;od teacher only if the data demonstrate that my students have learned.? Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year ?... to care for them as human beings, under that other constitutional right ?to... Read More >
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