Articles
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Culture & the Family, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Helping the most vulnerable
The miracle of new life has come to the Carnuccio home this week. On Monday, my wife and our two sons were blessed with the newest addition to our family, a daughter. My daughter’s birth has inspired me to double-down on that which matters most and defines the family values and beliefs we hold dear.Michael Carnuccio | July 16, 2015
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Good Government
MAKING THE MORAL CASE FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
Adam Smith. Friedrich Hayek. Milton Friedman. All legendary apostles of economic and political liberty. Now add Arthur Brooks to that pantheon, and you have The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise (Basic Books, 2012), a slim yet potent volume published in 2012 that gives us both blueprint and rallying cry in an era when many fear that the battle has already been lost.Mike Brake | July 1, 2015
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Law & Principles, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Power to the people
This idea behind the Magna Carta also set the stage for something even greater: the emergence of a new way of thinking about government. After all, if law can bind a king, there must be some higher source of authority.Michael Carnuccio | June 18, 2015
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Good Government
Uniform State Rules Make Sense For Uber, Lyft
No one would accept “local control” as a defense of government corruption. The purpose of government is justice—when one part of government forgets that, we look to another to step in.Jonathan Small & Trent England | June 1, 2015
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Good Government
Uniform State Rules Make Sense for Uber, Lyft
No one would accept “local control” as a defense of government corruption. The purpose of government is justice—when one part of government forgets that, we look to another to step in.Jonathan Small & Trent England | March 31, 2015
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Good Government
5 traits to benefit all Oklahomans
Of course, politics can also be dishonest, dirty, and, to say the least, discouraging. State history (some very recent) is littered with examples. Will this year be any different? It can be. Here are five key leadership traits that, if embraced by state leaders, would benefit all Oklahomans.Trent England | January 12, 2015
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Good Government
Why Utah’s federal lands fight matters in Oklahoma
Government, at any level, is a kind of monopoly and therefore prone to inefficiency. Yet the federal government, so massive and so distant, is especially unlikely to manage western lands well.Trent England | December 31, 2014
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Good Government
States can manage public lands
A division cuts across the continental United States. In the 11 western states, the federal government owns nearly half the land (47.3%). In the 37 states to their east, just 4% of the land is federal. In five states, including New York, the federal government owns less than 1% of the land.Trent England | December 30, 2014
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Good Government
The neo-colonialism of federal planners and urban elites
Most federal lands were originally open to use by local people and industries. Yet in classic colonial fashion, distant politicians and bureaucrats now routinely dictate restrictive policies that degrade or destroy local communities.Trent England | December 29, 2014
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Good Government
The romance and reality of federal lands
Like Washington, many patriots saw America’s future in the West. One of the causes of the American Revolution was Britain’s insistence on stifling westward expansion.Trent England | December 23, 2014