Readers, commenters, Missourians, lend me your keyboards. What do you think is the most heavily subsidized lifestyle: urban, suburban, exurban, […]
An entertaining AP story reports on the popularity of FarmVille, a game application on Facebook that allows users to manage […]
I really liked this piece by Sen. Jason Crowell in the Southeast Missourian about the proposed property tax increase in […]
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that the First Amendment does […]
No Distractions
Missouri’s law against young people sending text messages while driving is only the beginning. Regulators want to make sure drivers […]
Could There Be a Long-Term Benefit From the Health Care Debate?
The recent Massachusetts election confirmed the fact that the health care debate is far from over. The people in the […]
Great Post About Public Employee Unions in Missouri From Another Think Tank
Be sure to check out this article by John Eskew of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, about the unionization of home […]
John Combest linked today to a very well-written story by Fox 4 in Kansas City. I commend them for asking […]
I won’t add much to my TIF post from the other day, I just want to note and link to […]
A group of homeschooling parents in Oregon have applied to form a charter school. They want to continue homeschooling, and […]
I’ve criticized the Parents as Teachers program for, among other things, giving services to kids who don’t need help and […]
Show Me Liberty!
Do you have plans tonight? The Saint Louis chapter of Liberty on the Rocks is meeting today at 6 p.m. […]
The New York Times has a nice analysis of health care cost control using the insights of economist William Baumol, […]
One objection to open enrollment is that districts would have trouble accommodating changing numbers of students. I explained in this […]
Missouri intends to give only half of its Race to the Top grant, should it receive one, to districts. The […]
Jefferson City Wants Tattoo Parlors to Be Like Chameleons
Jefferson City has grudgingly lifted its ban on tattoo parlors. They are now legal, but subject to several regulations: The […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute launched four new online tools that enable Missourians to track state spending, employee pay, tax credits, […]
Here Is a Government Program That Absolutely Should Not Exist
The St. Louis Business-Journal has a story about what one government program has recently done. The Business-Journal article is just […]
Jackson Co. Hopes to KO TIF in KCMO
All right, so the title of this post is a bit misleading — I just wanted to get as many […]
It would be nice if every person had health insurance that covered every possible medical expense. Unfortunately, that sort of […]
