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Read moreOklahoma’s future economic growth is linked to the quality of today’s education system. That’s why the latest round of ACT test scores is reason for concern. Academic outcomes have declined almost continuously for eight years now. If we don’t reverse that trend, today’s children will be deprived of opportunity and state growth will be stymied.
Read moreThe fact that liberals outnumber conservatives among college faculty is not news to anyone. A book published by the left-leaning Brookings Institution celebrated this fact in 2008. This widely accepted nationwide finding raises the question: What about Oklahoma colleges and universities?
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Read moreSTAR PARKER: Democrats must stop dividing our country
Read moreOklahoma families are feeling the financial pinch from progressives’ anti-fossil-fuel regulations. OG&E utility customers have received notice that their bills will be increased to recoup costs for higher natural gas and coal prices. That’s just one small example of how Democratic environmental policies are indirectly draining families’ pocketbooks. Democrats are now trying to deflect blame by claiming “greedy” energy producers have created high prices. That excuse doesn’t withstand scrutiny.
Read moreBestie Gloria made a Facebook post that Tennessee beat Alabama (52-49). I smiled at the thought that she’d watched a football game, then remembered she graduated from Memphis State. Her husband, Wayne, is a football fanatic. I laughed when I remembered he’d suffered a football injury years ago. It happened while he watched a Southern Miss game.
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