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OKC Public Schools Elevating a Privileged Elite over Oklahoma Taxpayers

8/31/2020

The hypocrisy of the Soviet Union’s pretense of egalitarianism was well known enough to be the subject of mockery and parody. Ronald Reagan never tired of the jokes. Soviet communism espoused equality, but the reality is that party apparatchiks and government officials enjoyed special perks that no one else had access to. This special class wasn’t officially paid much more than the average...

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OKC Public Schools Elevating a Privileged Elite over Oklahoma Taxpayers
August 31, 2020 at 09:03AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

The Oklahoma Legislature Should Shield Kids from Teachers' Union Strikes

8/26/2020

Cheered on by teachers’ unions, State Secretary of Education Joy Hoffmeister recently proposed a statewide Covid plan that would have seen schools in 39 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties stop in-person instruction if those counties experienced just 3 Covid diagnoses. Only 3 positive tests in the entire county, and every school district therein would send kids home. Unbelievable. Fortunately, 4 members of...

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The Oklahoma Legislature Should Shield Kids from Teachers' Union Strikes
August 26, 2020 at 09:24AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Government at Any Level is Unfit to Run Your Life

8/24/2020

In plain English this time. What is the right way to think about the risk of Covid? About three percent of people who get Covid are dying from it. That number drops precipitously for those outside a few well-defined risk groups (namely older adults and those with certain preexisting conditions). People do risky things every day. We all get in cars, some smoke cigarettes, and most of us eat things...

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Government at Any Level is Unfit to Run Your Life
August 24, 2020 at 10:23AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Same Ol Story: Blocking Opportunity Freedom Prosperity

8/19/2020

I know. Sometimes we sound like a broken record. ANOTHER blog about licensing? Long-term care administration licensing? Seriously? Does this theme not get old? Well, yeah, it’s old. We wish we could stop writing about what may very well be the stupidest, most onerous, and most disgusting type of regulation on the books. Frankly, until something is done about it, we don’t believe we have a choice....

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Same Ol’ Story: Blocking Opportunity, Freedom, Prosperity
August 19, 2020 at 09:01AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

A Blunt Cry for Covid Dreads End

8/17/2020

Allowing an admittedly adverse ailment to be inaccurately advertised as an apocalyptic abomination able to annihilate all is aggravating, annoying, and abhorrent. An accurate assessment advises any and all to avoid alarmism and act appropriately. Anxieties are anticipated, but authentic appraisal admits an alternative: any of advanced age or anemic autoimmunity are advised to avert ailment by...

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A Blunt Cry for Covid Dread’s End
August 17, 2020 at 09:45AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

How to Spend $47 Million in 4 Months

8/12/2020

The CARES Act passed by Congress has a provision to give funds to state and local governments. Out of this, Oklahoma County has been given the onerous task of spending $47 million by the end of the year. The caveat being all expenses must be related to COVID-19. Any money not used must be returned to the federal government. While the county is undoubtedly receiving a plethora of self-interested...

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How to Spend $47 Million in 4 Months
August 12, 2020 at 11:07AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

How Oklahoma Can Be Number One in Covid Policy

8/10/2020

South Dakota, that sound you hear behind you is footsteps. Oklahoma can be Number One in the policy response to Covid-19. We’ve done fairly well to this point compared to other states, but to take us to the top, our leaders will need good, accurate information, must ignore hyperbole (often outright falsehoods) from the media-politico controversy machine, and should trust individual Oklahomans to...

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How Oklahoma Can Be Number One in Covid Policy
August 10, 2020 at 09:04AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

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