by Byron Schlomach | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog
A couple of weeks ago, in a blog entitled “Free Market Healthcare: Fighting Industrialized Corruption,” a follow-up blog was promised that would describe a key, simple healthcare reform that would bring about a rapid expansion of a truly entrepreneurial, free market...
by Mike Davis | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog
Who runs Oklahoma’s state universities? Remember that state university means state-funded, which really means taxpayer-funded. So how much input do taxpayers have on the direction of our institutions of higher education? Turns out, very little. At the national level,...
by Brad Galbraith | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog
In education policy, local control is a hotly contested issue. But one crucial party is frequently ignored in the rhetoric – parents. Worse than ignored, they are sometimes viewed with derision. A parent is the ultimate local authority on the health, safety, and...
by Tyler Williamson | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog
The Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), otherwise known as Oklahoma’s Promise, offers higher education scholarships to students from low and middle-income families in Oklahoma. During the 2019-20 school year, the program provided over $66 million in...
by Byron Schlomach | Aug 23, 2021 | Blog
After attending the Free Market Medical Association meeting in Dallas recently, one cannot help but be impressed by the innovations of honest providers in making affordable, quality healthcare services increasingly available in a hostile policy environment. While big...
by Jason Lawter | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog
“The government pretends to be endowed with the mystical power to accord favors out of an inexhaustible horn of plenty. It is both omniscient and omnipotent. It can by a magic wand create happiness and abundance. The truth is the government cannot give if it...
by Byron Schlomach | Aug 17, 2021 | Blog
Last spring, the Oklahoma Legislature passed and the governor signed a law that forbids school district boards from imposing mask mandates unless an emergency is first declared. Last week, Superintendent Sean McDaniel, with the support of the Oklahoma City school...
by Brad Galbraith | Aug 16, 2021 | Blog
While modes of transportation have changed little in the last century, speeds and efficiency have dramatically improved. Additionally, new, innovative transportation options are on the horizon. Autonomous vehicles and drones are two prominent examples. Yet, planners...
by Byron Schlomach | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog
No, this is not about how teachers should be paid better, though many should and could be. No, this is not at all about how teacher unions should have a bigger say in school policy – they absolutely should not. And no, this is not about empowering teacher committees....
by Mike Davis | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog
Human flourishing rests on three pillars. All three are necessary for maintaining our society. Humans are capable of standing on two feet because our muscular and nervous systems provide significant stability for the skeleton – you don’t see many skeletons...
