Articles
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Law & Principles
Should Oklahoma elections go postal?
Nancy Pelosi wants to use federal legislation to push states to expand voting by mail. Her allies in Oklahoma are pushing the same agenda.Trent England | May 7, 2020
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Culture & the Family
The unflattenable curve
Some of the media, and some politicians, are lying to us with data that are true.Trent England & Curtis Shelton | April 24, 2020
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Culture & the Family
The many shades of social distancing
“Shelter-in-place” decrees go beyond social distancing—beyond the first six feet, or a mask, or other basic (but very efficient) protections—to impose much more extreme barriers. They assume some benefit and ignore costs.Trent England | April 21, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Shelter-in-place: A very preliminary look at the data
Various strategies are available to slow the spread of the dangerous coronavirus. These include enhanced hygiene, “social distancing,” wearing masks, and restricting travel outside the home. This last strategy, often called “shelter-in-place,” is now being enforced by many governments in the United States and around the world.Trent England | April 13, 2020
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
Shutdowns: What’s the point?
Stopping the worst ravages of this virus is an important task for all Americans, including our government officials. The importance of the task provides no excuse for turning the process into a bureaucracy where the means become more important than the ends.Trent England | April 2, 2020
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Culture & the Family, Good Government
Overreaching politicians and shared sacrifice
The COVID-19/coronavirus is a global crisis and a very dangerous illness. But that does not justify any and every response to try to stop it. We could have nuked Wuhan in early January—that might have put an end to it right there, but no moral person would do anything like that.Trent England | March 25, 2020
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Health Care
The immorality of ‘free’ federal money
Oklahoma must expand welfare in order to get more federal dollars—this a common argument for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. It makes sense, unless you have all the facts.Trent England | February 18, 2020
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Good Government
Oklahoma’s clumsy executive branch
To achieve more effective government in Oklahoma, we desperately need to reform the structure of our executive branch.Trent England | February 4, 2019
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Good Government
Speech police, take two
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission this week released a rewritten version of its plan to regulate political speech. The Commission still plans to vote on the proposal this Friday, and could pass either version.Trent England | January 9, 2019
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Budget & Tax
How money walks: Washington
Washington has gained $19 billion in annual adjusted gross income, mostly from California ($7.32 billion). This is partly because Washington has remained competitive with no income tax.Trent England & Curtis Shelton | December 19, 2018