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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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. Corporate Welfare is not OK July 27, 2020 at 10:42AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. Undo 802 July 20, 2020 at 09:48AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
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...
...Continued. 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 |
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