by Mike Davis | Nov 13, 2019 | Research
New Car Dealer Licensing in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper briefly describes Oklahoma’s new car dealer licensing law and concludes that it affords no protections to Oklahoma’s new car consuming public. In fact, the law disfavors Oklahomans...
by Mike Davis | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog
Imagine you wanted to open a restaurant. Imagine you were allowed to cook the food yourself, but you were prohibited by law from serving it to customers yourself; instead, you were forced to hire a waiter. Next, imagine that the waiter wasn’t pulling his weight, but...
by Byron Schlomach | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog
On September 6, 1976, a fighter pilot from the Soviet Union named Viktor Belenko flew a MIG-25 fighter jet to Japan and defected. At the time, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were fully engaged in the Cold War. The MIG-25 was a super top-secret aircraft about which the...
by Mike Davis | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
One January, a farmer decided to invest in the stock market. He’d had a bumper crop, and he wanted to shore up his financial future, planning for the time when providence would not be so kind. Knowing he wouldn’t have time to watch the market during the growing...
by Benjamin Lepak | Nov 4, 2019 | Blog
Several Oklahoma news outlets have recently taken a deep dive into the problem of concussions in high school football. Stories have examined the inadequate data tracking of the Oklahoma State Schools Activity Association (OSSAA), an effort to legally require schools...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog
If you own a business and an employee constantly shows incompetence, are you likely to give that incompetent a raise, or promote him to a management position? Obviously, there’s no way. Yet, this is what Oklahoma City’s residents are being asked to do, by passing a...
by Mike Davis | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
If Oklahoma wants to be a top 10 state, it is critical that its goals be clearly defined. Metrics used to measure that status must be selected carefully, and reasonably calculated to measure those things that actually make a state a good place to live. A state might...
by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 23, 2019 | Research
Taming Judicial Overreach: 12 Actions the Legislature Can Take Immediately Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper lists and explains 12 measures (plus one bonus measure) that the Oklahoma Legislature can enact on its own to help bring Oklahoma’s courts, which...
by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog
Last month, 1889 Institute published my study on the unfortunate state of the separation of powers in Oklahoma government, describing a state Supreme Court that too often acts as though it is a super legislature, in the business of enacting legislation rather than...
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
Most who consider themselves conservative, even many with libertarian leanings, are comfortable with describing themselves as pro-business. Not me. Don’t get me wrong. Just because I’m not pro-business doesn’t mean I’m anti-business. I’m pro-free enterprise, but...
