by Mike Davis | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog
Conservatives have been disappointed by several recent Supreme Court rulings. From declaring half of Oklahoma a tribal reservation to a strained interpretation that conflates sexual orientation and gender identity with one’s sex for purposes of Title VII of the Civil...
by Mike Davis | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog
Who runs Oklahoma’s state universities? Remember that state university means state-funded, which really means taxpayer-funded. So how much input do taxpayers have on the direction of our institutions of higher education? Turns out, very little. At the national level,...
by Mike Davis | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog
Human flourishing rests on three pillars. All three are necessary for maintaining our society. Humans are capable of standing on two feet because our muscular and nervous systems provide significant stability for the skeleton – you don’t see many skeletons...
by Mike Davis | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
In March of 2020, New York experienced a health emergency in the form of the Covid-19 virus. In just a few days’ time, and with very little warning, they went from a few confirmed cases to several thousand cases. On March 13 there were fewer than 100 new cases. A week...
by Mike Davis | Jul 21, 2021 | Research
Rethinking Emergency Powers in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper analyzes Oklahoma’s gubernatorial emergency powers and finds them lacking. It recommends enacting a tight limit on the amount of time an emergency can be declared to exist, limiting local...
