 Like here, in states throughout the nation, desperation has inspired creative measures to keep schools open.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - January 26, 2022 at 11:09PM Right Thinking: We must take lessons from this calamity Click on the headline to read the full article at
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There are many issues in which both contending sides on a bill offer good arguments from the perspective of a legislator’s political principles and the hard knowledge necessary to determine policy consequences of either alternative.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - January 19, 2022 at 10:16PM Right Thinking: Lawmakers must consider bills from multiple perspectives Click on the headline to read the full article at The differences in how this version of the pandemic presents itself provide fodder for thinking about what we have learned so far about responding to pandemics.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - January 12, 2022 at 11:55PM Right Thinking: Hard lessons learned from COVID-19 Click on the headline to read the full article at The supply side of the Oklahoma marijuana equation is causing serious problems that must be addressed.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - January 05, 2022 at 10:01PM Right Thinking: Cannabis industry deals state unwanted side effects Click on the headline to read the full article at Opening our political selves to the idea of grace will swiftly turn down the temperature of our political skirmishes and facilitate productive relationships and compromise.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - December 29, 2021 at 11:48PM Right Thinking: Time at hand for true statesmanship Click on the headline to read the full article at If we want to preserve the intellectual freedom that is an indispensable foundation of universities that are properly focused on the search for and transmission of truth, we must vigorously protect the rights of faculty to speak out on matters of public concern.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - December 22, 2021 at 08:45PM Right Thinking: Faculty rights to speak out must be protected Click on the headline to read the full article at Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt’s game is clever, but more dangerous than he may suspect.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - December 15, 2021 at 07:29PM Right Thinking: Holt positions for the present, future in state politics Click on the headline to read the full article at The problem with the state’s case against Johnson & Johnson was that, while the language of the law is broad enough to encompass the state’s claims, the statute, which is over a century old, has never been used in the context of holding an industry responsible for the misuse of its products. As the Supreme Court rightly concluded, the judiciary does not possess the legitimate authority to rewrite public nuisance law. There remain other legal vehicles for holding the drug companies accountable for their role in the epidemic, including product liability suits and taxation of their profits to fund remedial programs.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - December 08, 2021 at 03:20PM Right Thinking: State Supreme Court demonstrates admirable restraint Click on the headline to read the full article at If it is possible to argue that events in the sports world can damage both the reputation and concrete well-being of a state, the consequences of the shocking departure of University of Oklahoma football head coach Lincoln Riley would be persuasive evidence.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - December 01, 2021 at 09:32PM Right Thinking: Loss of Riley reflects wider problems at OU Click on the headline to read the full article at Partisan districting is not justified only because it is old. It is right because it is indispensable to a well-functioning party system, a foundation of American democracy.Andrew C. Spiropoulos - November 17, 2021 at 11:13PM Right Thinking: In defense of partisan districting Click on the headline to read the full article at |
   
Andrew SpiropoulosFormer Senior Counselor to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Professor Spiropoulos previously clerked for Judge Danny Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and practiced law with the Chicago firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas. He has been a Heritage Foundation Salvatori Fellow and is an adjunct scholar with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, where he was named the 2011 Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow. He was the reporter for the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act. 
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