by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog
Do you ever find yourself observing a seemingly illogical government program, spending decision, or other strange practice and ask “how is it that no one has fixed that?” If you are like me, you encounter this phenomenon regularly. This often takes the form of a...
by Mike Davis | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog
When does government have the right to spend taxpayer money? Or perhaps, more pressingly, when should the government be forbidden from spending taxpayer money? 1889 Institute has previously written on the issue – developing five questions that should be asked...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 9, 2019 | Research
Why Are OKCPS Teachers Begging the Public for Basics? Authors Byron Schlomach (with research assistance by Benjamin Lepak and Mike Davis) Abstract This paper describes how 1889 Institute staff found $34,000 in DonorsChoose solicitations by Oklahoma City Public...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 9, 2019 | Blog
What if a hospital’s administrators regularly told surgeons to make do without bandages, with dull scalpels, and little to no anesthetic while claiming tight finances? With all the money hospitals have, there would be questions about the administrators’ competence and...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
Governor Stitt recently had a second candidate he wanted to appoint to an administrative position hit a statutory road block. His candidate to head the Oklahoma State Department of Health doesn’t have at least a master’s degree in science. This, and another a mandate...
