In a recent Kansas City Star commentary, Saint Louis University economics professors Lisa Gladson and Jack Strauss criticized my Show-Me […]
Thanks to former intern (and current staff member) extraordinaire Audrey Spalding for finding this piece on aviation in Columbia. It […]
The Missouri Department of Economic Development has requested $343,697,083 for the 2011 fiscal year, which is equivalent to the combined […]
An interesting New York Times article carried in today’s Post-Dispatch discusses the growing issue (those who advocate greater government involvement […]
According to the Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right […]
The Washington Post recently carried an article by Reason magazine senior editor Katherine Mangu-Ward on the benefits of online education […]
I am in generally opposed to the use of tax increment financing (TIF), because I don’t believe the government should […]
This is an extremely interesting (and relatively short) video, made by PBS’s Frontline and NPR’s Planet Money, about the private […]
As you may or may not know, America’s only privately owned and operated commercial airport is located in Branson. It […]
When I blogged about a North Carolina Parents as Teachers program that encouraged participants to join a research study, I […]
The Missouri House of Representatives defeated the bill that would have inducted the Newfoundland breed and Seaman, the dog that […]
Intelligence Squared is a public charity dedicated to providing a public forum for intelligent discussion on a wide range of […]
The Columbia Daily Tribune asks school board candidates which improvements they would like to see in school lunches. One candidate […]
On Friday, U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter to AT&T and several other companies […]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama last week, but that won’t […]
A decade ago, education expert Dr. Jay P. Greene published a study for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in […]
Today, the Tax Foundation released its annual Tax Freedom Day Special Report. According to the foundation’s calculations, Missouri’s “Tax Freedom […]
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on the case Klotz v. Shapiro, which challenged the 2005 tort reform legislation […]
Prime Buzz over at the KC Star has a story from the AP about a proposal to eliminate the party […]
Last month, the CARD (Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure) Act went into effect, after having been signed into law […]
