Right now, I’m reading The Rule of Empires by Washington University history professor Timothy Parsons (who was my history advisor […]
A couple of weeks ago, the executive director of the Show-Me Institute, Brenda Talent, received an interesting letter on the […]
When I was in Washington, D.C., recently, I saw two food trucks as soon as I hopped off the Metro […]
Two bills currently working their way through the Missouri General Assembly, House Bill 61 and Senate Bill 110, would tie […]
Yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an op-ed that I wrote about the upcoming vote on the earnings tax in […]
Ever seen the movie Brazil? When the main character wants his A/C fixed, the opaque and monolithic government forces him […]
Anthony Barber wants to open a barbecue restaurant in north Saint Louis. But last summer, the city rejected his bid […]
Kansas City is searching for a new operator of its animal shelter after canceling the contract with the vet who […]
While I was up in the air traveling over the weekend, I found an article in my in-flight magazine that […]
Last night, I attended the monthly meeting of the Special Administrative Board (SAB), which governs the St. Louis Public Schools. […]
Audrey Spalding will be on KWMU, 90.7 FM, tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. to discuss the city of Saint Louis’ landholding […]
In Charles Dickens’ classic novel David Copperfield, one character observes the need for careful budgeting: “Annual income, twenty pounds; annual […]
The head of the Saint Louis Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), which owns more than 9,300 vacant city parcels, has resigned. […]
David Stokes will be discussing his op-ed about nuclear power financing regulations on KWTO AM 560 with Dan Vaughn and Dan […]
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes will be guest hosting on the Dr. Gina Loudon Show this afternoon from 4:00 […]
A current legislative proposal seeks to eliminate Missouri’s income tax and replace it with a higher sales tax rate. It […]
Upon the release of Jerome Day’s new study analyzing Missouri’s transportation options for the future, Show-Me Institute Communication Director Rick […]
Last month, a judge in Florida struck down the individual mandate component of the federal health care regulation, and declared […]
A lunchtime trip to the The Loop in Saint Louis taught me that local sales tax rates are getting out […]
The scare is on. Some wild economic predictions have been put forward by Amy Blouin, director of the Missouri Budget […]
