Say the title line like you’re Casey Kasem introducing a one-hit wonder disco group from the 1970s. Saint George is […]
For classic rock fans, the Eagles’ ballad “Hotel California” brings with it the surreal image of a roadside inn populated […]
Rose Wilder Lane, famous to most for her connection to the Little House on the Prairie novels, was a celebrated […]
The local option for municipal hotel taxes in Saint Louis and Saint Charles counties have been eliminated! This is excellent […]
The prospect of “Big Idea” economic development makes politicians do strange, contradictory things. On the stump, candidates rail against corporate […]
My buddy Mike M. forwarded me this terrific article in The Economist about occupational licensing in the United States. As […]
On May 5, 2011, Show-Me Institute Research Assistant John Payne spoke about the causes of the Great Depression to a […]
This is the five-minute version of a speech by Brian Riedl, lead budget analyst for the Heritage Foundation. In […]
You know a policy proposal is bad when its proponents admit internally that the proposed policy is problematic. It turns […]
I had a great time talking with KMBZ’s “Voice of Merrill” yesterday. If you missed it, you can listen to […]
Good news: The $360 million in subsidies as part of the so-called “China Hub” or “Aerotropolis” bill did not pass the […]
I’ll be visiting KMBZ’s Chris Merrill after the weekend’s out to talk about Kansas City’s plan to build a new […]
Recently, Show-Me Institute Executive Director Brenda Talent wrote in an op-ed that “To better serve the public interest, the LRA […]
Christine Harbin and I drove around the Lambert–St. Louis International Airport on Tuesday, to see whether there really was a […]
Two weeks ago, I noted that our cross-border friends in Illinois had an economic mess on their hands. Unemployment’s high […]
Supporters of the Aerotropolis proposal say that warehouses are necessary to expand Lambert’s cargo capacity, and that state subsidies are […]
Although the state government is strapped for cash, Missouri’s General Assembly is about to place a huge and ill-advised bet […]
What a long, strange three weeks it’s been. My colleague Audrey Spalding and I dropped nearly everything we were doing […]
A few days ago, the Columbia Missourian printed a terrific article about the “Fair Tax” proposal in Missouri written by […]
Dear Speaker Tilley: It appears that Missouri legislators are about to place a huge and ill-advised bet on the so-called […]
