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Education and Guns
12 May

Education and Guns

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Education, Regulation

The Two Million Minutes Blog does a great job of pointing out the importance of science and math education. One […]

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Public Schools Can’t Be All Things to Everyone
11 May

Public Schools Can’t Be All Things to Everyone

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Combest links to this letter about physical education in schools. This sentence sums it up: We must give Missouri youth […]

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A Good Reason to Grow Plants in School
11 May

A Good Reason to Grow Plants in School

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Some schools grow food as part of a larger political ideology — an opposition to trade or agricultural business, or […]

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I, Sustainability
11 May

I, Sustainability

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Energy, Property Rights, Regulation, Transportation

This video is the polar opposite of “I, Pencil” — Leonard Read’s essay about the market economy told from the […]

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If the Free Market Is Not Right, Dave Sinclair Will Make It Right!
11 May

If the Free Market Is Not Right, Dave Sinclair Will Make It Right!

Posted by David Stokes Economy

St. Louis car dealing icon Dave Sinclair is a terrific businessman, but his economics leave a lot to be desired. […]

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Summer Camps Cut From Budget
08 May

Summer Camps Cut From Budget

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education, Transparency

One tiny step back for state spending, one leap forward for common sense in Missouri’s budget. The Missouri Scholars Academy […]

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The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
08 May

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Transparency

Once upon a time, a city mouse went to visit his cousin who lived in northwest Missouri. He saw that […]

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Common Sense Flourishes in the Missouri Senate
08 May

Common Sense Flourishes in the Missouri Senate

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Whatever the benefits of physical exercise, the state doesn’t need to mandate 30 minutes of it per day for public […]

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Anti-Locavore Oldie but Goodie
08 May

Anti-Locavore Oldie but Goodie

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Transportation

This Time article is from the inimitable Joel Stein. He describes how he takes on the locavore movement and prepares […]

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Holding the Line on the Welfare State
08 May

Holding the Line on the Welfare State

Posted by David Stokes Free-Market Reform

The Missouri House of Representatives has shown some real political courage on the complicated issue of expanding the state’s Medicaid […]

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Recapping the Hoxby Lecture
07 May

Recapping the Hoxby Lecture

Posted by Dave Roland Education

On Tuesday night, the Show-Me Institute and Saint Louis University were thrilled to host Dr. Caroline Hoxby for a lecture […]

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Midwives
07 May

Midwives

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Free-Market Reform

The International Day of the Midwife happened this week, so I thought I’d check up on the midwives. There isn’t […]

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Four-Day School Weeks in the L.A. Times
07 May

Four-Day School Weeks in the L.A. Times

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

A four-day school week proposal was voted down in the Missouri Senate a few weeks ago, but the idea is […]

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Freedom by Any Other Name
07 May

Freedom by Any Other Name

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Regulation

As we all know, spring is a time of new life and beginnings. Ritenour students are celebrating the birth of […]

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Springfield Pension Blues
07 May

Springfield Pension Blues

Posted by David Stokes Economy, Transparency

Two articles in the News-Leader have detailed the latest in the discussion about how Springfield should handle its pension shortfall. A special […]

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Positive Externalities
07 May

Positive Externalities

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Our tax dollars fund public schools because education produces positive externalities, right? You’re better off if everybody else in society […]

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Ray Hartmann
06 May

Ray Hartmann

Posted by Ryan Davisson Taxes, Transparency

Recently, in St. Louis Magazine, Ray Hartmann wrote two fantastic articles about subjects that the Show-Me Institute has rigorously blogged […]

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Branson and Its Fancy New Airport
06 May

Branson and Its Fancy New Airport

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

USA Today follows up on the recent New York Times story about the new private airport in Branson. It is […]

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Representing From Afar
06 May

Representing From Afar

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Municipal Policy

This doesn’t bother me. A member of the St. Charles County Council is working in Iraq for one year of […]

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Internationally Competitive U.S. Education – at Home
06 May

Internationally Competitive U.S. Education – at Home

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Any comparison of U.S. education with school systems in other countries is incomplete if it leaves out American parents’ freedom […]

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