by Luke Tucker | Jun 17, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog
A consistent feature of racists through history is that they have fully understood the power of education, or the lack of education, as a tool of oppression. Extraordinary efforts were taken to keep black slaves illiterate, including killing those who deigned to learn...
by Mike Davis | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
I’d like to take this opportunity to invite anyone from Minnesota, especially those from Minneapolis, to come to Oklahoma. Here’s the thing: you’d better come fast. Once your police force is dismantled, and unless it is immediately replaced by another suitable...
by Spencer Cadavero | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
The United States has a policing problem. The protests over the death of George Floyd are proof of that. Perhaps qualified immunity, the judicial doctrine that usually prevents police officers acting in the line of duty from being held accountable in court,...
by Byron Schlomach | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
No one with a brain can look at the video of the Minneapolis cops putting their weight on George Floyd’s entire body, including a knee to his neck, and see his resulting death as anything but murder. The first autopsy cited pre-existing health conditions as a...
