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If Licensing Protects Consumers Why Are Licensing Laws Blatantly Anti-Consumer?

8/5/2020

Once upon a time, there was a small island whose economy revolved around scuba-diving tourism. Unfortunately, the island elected legislators who considered scuba dangerous. Inexperienced divers would surface too quickly and get the bends. The legislature, wanting to make diving feel safer, passed a law that banned sharks in designated scuba diving zones. There were no known cases of sharks...

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If Licensing Protects Consumers, Why Are Licensing Laws Blatantly Anti-Consumer?
August 05, 2020 at 09:39AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Praise and Criticism of Governor Stitts Plan for Reopening Schools

8/3/2020

Governor Stitt recently held a press conference to announce his plans for opening Oklahoma’s schools in the face of fear and loathing by many regarding Covid-19. There is a great deal of paranoia surrounding this disease, which the 1889 Institute has attempted to moderate by posting accurate information, in contrast to media more interested in sensation. Despite the fear, Governor Stitt is...

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Praise and Criticism of Governor Stitt’s Plan for Reopening Schools
August 03, 2020 at 09:05AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Is Education No Longer the Primary Mission of Our Public Schools?

7/29/2020

Did you know that the state of Oklahoma is currently experiencing not one, but two pandemics? Until yesterday, neither did I. According to the Oklahoma City School District, the state is currently experiencing the “dual pandemics of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism,” and has decided to spend valuable time and resources to ensure that their teachers learn how to “practice alternative ways of relating...

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Is Education No Longer the Primary Mission of Our Public Schools?
July 29, 2020 at 08:48AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Corporate Welfare is not OK

7/27/2020

Largely buried under the constant barrage of COVID-19 news and the baffling decision by the Supreme Court to declare half of Oklahoma "Indian Country," was Oklahoma’s and Tulsa’s attempt to bribe Tesla to locate a new facility in that city. Tesla chose Austin, Texas instead, a decision Tesla likely made months ago, but for the opportunity Oklahoma's bid provided for milking as much as possible in...

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Corporate Welfare is not OK
July 27, 2020 at 10:42AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Who Speaks for Oklahoma? Setting the Scene for Coming Tribal Negotiations

7/22/2020

The situation in Oklahoma is fluid after the Supreme Court’s consequential decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma. There are many moving parts. Independent state officials apparently have different goals and motivations, and legal uncertainty abounds. Against this background, it can be difficult to track what is going on and to sort through leaders’ public statements and actions. Let’s cut through some...

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Who Speaks for Oklahoma? Setting the Scene for Coming Tribal Negotiations
July 22, 2020 at 08:57AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Undo 802

7/20/2020

Why is it that when conservatives suffer a major loss, they give up, accept the new status quo, and fall back to the next retreat position? When progressives suffer a major loss, they regroup and try again. And again. Until they finally wheedle the American public into giving in. I propose a change in strategy. The Oklahoma Legislature should make undoing State Question 802 its top legislative...

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Undo 802
July 20, 2020 at 09:48AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

How to Be Number One in Government Transparency

7/15/2020

A 2020 HBO movie entitled Bad Education, starring Hugh Jackman, tells the story of Frank Tassone, a real-life superintendent of the Roslyn, New York school district who along with an accomplice, it was discovered in 2004, stole an overall total of $11.2 million in district funds. It’s been called the “largest public school embezzlement in U.S. history.” It should be called the “largest public...

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How to Be Number One in Government Transparency
July 15, 2020 at 09:55AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Oklahoma Leaders Should Demand Congress Fix the Supreme Courts Mess Not Rush to Strike a Deal with the Tribes

7/13/2020

Five lawyers in Washington, D.C. have announced that many of us have been living on Indian reservations all this time, we just didn’t know it. In response, several of our elected state leaders have made noises indicating they are in the process of giving away the store in resulting negotiations with tribal leaders, apparently driven by defeatism and panic. They should get off this losing course,...

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Oklahoma Leaders Should Demand Congress Fix the Supreme Court’s Mess, Not Rush to Strike a Deal with the Tribes
July 13, 2020 at 09:18AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Covid-19 Facts and Statistics for the General Public

7/10/2020

The 1889 Institute has published a new webpage on its website explicitly about Covid-19. Its purpose is to provide the best current information for dealing with the pandemic to the general public and policy makers. It also tracks official new daily positive tests and daily deaths, showing trends in the data. It seems like new information, some of it reported out of proper context or highly...

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Covid-19 Facts and Statistics for the General Public
July 10, 2020 at 01:55PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

One More Suburban Draw: A Black Lives Matter Chapter in Every Oklahoma City School

7/8/2020

“You don’t want to live in the Oklahoma City school district.” That was the universal advice I got from everyone I talked to in Oklahoma when I moved from Phoenix with my wife and son, who had a couple of years of high school left to complete. The clear and simple message was that Oklahoma City district schools were pitiful and should be avoided at all costs. You’d think that with a reputation...

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One More Suburban Draw: A Black Lives Matter Chapter in Every Oklahoma City School
July 08, 2020 at 09:16AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

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