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Stop Nibbling Around the Edges of School Choice

1/20/2021

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via 1889 Institute: Stop Nibbling Around the Edges of School Choice
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COVID-19 Illuminates Why Collective Bargaining with Government Employees Should Be Illegal

1/18/2021

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via 1889 Institute: COVID-19 Illuminates Why Collective Bargaining with Government Employees Should Be Illegal
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Disorder Is an Attack on Liberty, Regardless Where It Erupts

1/18/2021

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​by Brad Galbraith | Jan 13, 2021 

The riots we have seen over the past year indicate a pervasive deterioration of law and order. As a people, we must attain greater internal, moral order and return to a greater civil order founded on the rights and liberties enshrined in and protected by the United States Constitution.

Recently, I was reading portions of Russel Kirk’s book The Roots of American Order. Kirk gives primacy to “order,” asserting:

Order is the first need of the soul. It is not possible to love what one ought to love, unless we recognize some principles of order by which to govern ourselves.

Order is the first need of the commonwealth. It is not possible for us to live in peace with one another, unless we recognize some principle of order by which to do justice.
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Plumber Licensing: Another Monopoly That Fails the Smell Test

1/18/2021

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by Tyler Williamson
Wed, 06 Jan 2021

​Why must aspiring plumber contractors’ complete multiple years of education, multiple years of lower level work, and pay a hefty annual fee just to obtain a license? What justification does the state provide for these requirements? According to the Construction Industries Board (CIB), which oversees plumber contractor licensing, these requirements are in place to “protect life and property,” to “provide a fair and healthy market environment for the contractor business,” and to show Oklahomans that plumber contractors meet a “minimum standard of competency.” My recent addition to the 1889 Institute’s Occupational Licensing Directory discusses the 1955 Plumber License Law and the licensing regime that developed pursuant to it, finds it totally unnecessary, and recommends a simple solution.

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Present Reforms to Keep the Ghost of State Questions Past from Creating Future Headaches

1/4/2021

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Oklahoma, like many western states, allows its citizens to directly participate in the democratic process through citizen initiatives and referendums. In a referendum, the legislature directs a question to the people — usually to modify the state constitution, since the legislature can change statutes itself. An initiative requires no legislative involvement, but is initiated by the people via...

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Present Reforms to Keep the Ghost of State Questions Past from Creating Future Headaches
January 04, 2021 at 01:00PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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Licensing Boards Might Violate Federal Law: Regardless They Are Terrible Policy

12/22/2020

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Competition is as American as baseball and apple pie. “May the best man win” is a sentiment so old it doesn’t care about your pronouns. The beneficial effects of competition on economic markets are well documented. So why do we let powerful business interests change the rules of the game when they tire of competing in the free market? Most of the time when an occupational license is enacted, it...

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Licensing Boards Might Violate Federal Law: Regardless, They Are Terrible Policy
December 22, 2020 at 12:04PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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When It Comes to the Cox Center What if I Get to Meet a Movie Star? Isnt Good Enough

12/16/2020

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In a recent post, 1889 Institute expounded on the fiduciary duty of elected officials “to act in the best interest of the people of the state as a whole,” a “high duty, executed as a public trust … wherein one puts the people’s interest above one’s own.” This fiduciary duty must not stop with elected officials.Once an elected body or an elected official – the legislature, a city council, the...

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When It Comes to the Cox Center, “What if I Get to Meet a Movie Star?” Isn’t Good Enough
December 16, 2020 at 02:51PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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Official Statement of 1889 Institute: Open Oklahomas Schools

12/14/2020

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Byron Schlomach, director of the 1889 Institute, issued the following statement today regarding the ongoing school closures throughout Oklahoma as a result of the Oklahoma State Board of Education’s response to the COVID-19 virus: Way back in March, the 1889 Institute first protested school closings based on then-existing evidence that school-age children are not prone to the disease, evidence...

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Official Statement of 1889 Institute: Open Oklahoma’s Schools
December 14, 2020 at 12:14PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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COVID Inspires Tyranny for the "Good" of Its Victims

12/9/2020

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The Christian philosopher, C.S. Lewis, once said, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." The moral busybodies C.S Lewis warns of reminds me of those who would have Americans give up their liberty to combat COVID-19.  A recent Oklahoman...

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COVID Inspires Tyranny for the "Good" of Its Victims
December 09, 2020 at 12:00PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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I Abstain: Why I Refuse to Vote in Judicial Retention Elections

12/7/2020

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Over a million Oklahomans voted in the recent November 3rd election. For most, the presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is what drove them to the polls. However, some were likely confused when they reached the bottom portion of their ballot marked “Judicial Retention Elections.” What are judicial retention elections? Every two years, certain judges are placed on the ballot...

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I Abstain: Why I Refuse to Vote in Judicial Retention Elections
December 07, 2020 at 11:30AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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