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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
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,...
...Continued. 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
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...
...Continued. 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
“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...
...Continued. 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
Last week SCOTUS told Montana, and by extension, the other 49 states that they can't exclude religious schools from generally applicable school choice programs simply because they are religious. This should have been the self-evident conclusion of anyone who read the First Amendment through the lens of history. The idea that the founders would have allowed states to discriminate against religious...
...Continued. Supreme Court Frees States From Oppressive Blaine Amendments; School Choice Is Within Reach For Legislature July 06, 2020 at 09:29AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
As the media turns its attention back to COVID-19, there is a renewed push to shut down the economy. Some states have even begun to scale back reopening plans for their economies; others continue to delay opening. It is essential to look past their catastrophizing and focus on the facts of COVID-19.One fact to consider: while testing has risen 23%, the rate of positive results has only risen 1.3...
...Continued. The Truth About COVID-19: Better Than You Think July 01, 2020 at 10:40AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
With COVID-19 heating up again, and the resumption of societal shutdowns in other states, a pandemic strategy never seen in modern times, it seems appropriate to post facts with appropriate recommendations for action independent of politicized governmental institutions. Providing this information, along with relevant context, is the purpose of the new “COVID-19” webpage on the 1889 Institute’s...
...Continued. Filling the Truth Vacuum Regarding COVID-19 June 30, 2020 at 02:30PM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
“There’s a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure, ‘cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.” - Robert Plant Words have meaning. This allows us to communicate with each other. Suppose you and I are having dinner. If I ask you to pass me the salt, meaning the seasoning commonly applied to food, and you have decided to redefine the word “salt” as an explosive device activated by...
...Continued. Whether in the Streets or on a Court, Chaos Results when Words Lose Their Meaning June 29, 2020 at 09:48AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
So we vote next week on whether or not to expand Medicaid according to Obamacare’s provisions. A vote “Yes” on State Question 802 would expand Medicaid to able-bodied adults above the poverty line. A vote “No” would keep the status quo, with taxpayers buying health care under Medicaid mainly for poor children and pregnant mothers. But as with just about anything proposed by initiative, State...
...Continued. Think Carefully before Voting on SQ 802 June 24, 2020 at 09:10AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
The Oklahoma Bar Association has gone half way towards respecting its members’ First Amendment rights. It should go the rest of the way. Lawyers in Oklahoma are forced to join and pay dues to the OBA in order to keep their license to practice law. The OBA uses that dues money for many things, including political activity like advocating for or against public policy proposals. The result is that...
...Continued. New Oklahoma Bar Association Rules Are a Step in the Right Direction for Free Speech June 22, 2020 at 09:28AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
Oklahoma’s got a bad occupational licensing problem, worse than other states. We don’t just regulate too many occupations (almost as many as Kansas and Missouri combined), we also overregulate; our licensing laws are the 11th most burdensome nationwide. What concerns me most isn’t either of those points, though. It’s that many of our harshest, most suffocating regulations target occupations that...
...Continued. Lawmakers Foul Out on Occupational Licensing—Again June 17, 2020 at 09:04AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org |
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