by Mike Davis | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Byron Schlomach | Jul 15, 2020 | Research
A Vision for Transparency Author Byron Schlomach Abstract Byron Schlomach provides a detailed guide for government transparency that would ensure citizens are informed about who governs them and what these governments are doing with their money. It would move us...
by Byron Schlomach | Jul 15, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Byron Schlomach | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Byron Schlomach | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
“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...
by Mike Davis | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Spencer Cadavero | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Byron Schlomach | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Mike Davis | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog
“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,...
