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Government Pork: “In Oklahoma, Not Arizona, What Does it Matter?”
14 Apr

Government Pork: “In Oklahoma, Not Arizona, What Does it Matter?”

Posted by David Stokes Transparency

The annual Citizens Against Government Waste Pig Book is out for 2009. I have to guess this was a particularly […]

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Twitter and Government
14 Apr

Twitter and Government

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy

As a follow-up to my last post on technology, I’m happy to point out this article about Missouri legislators using […]

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Welcome to College; Check Your Personal Liberties at the Door
14 Apr

Welcome to College; Check Your Personal Liberties at the Door

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy

I always enjoy Katy Steinmetz’s excellent columns, but I think she misses the target in this piece arguing against concealed […]

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Ode to the MAP, From Edudiva
13 Apr

Ode to the MAP, From Edudiva

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Edudiva comments on districts’ MAP test preparation in a post titled “Ode to the MAP.” The issue is not drilling […]

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Campaign Finance, Again
13 Apr

Campaign Finance, Again

Posted by Dave Roland Regulation

As if to follow up my blog post from last week, the Post-Dispatch ran an editorial today highlighting the pervasive […]

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Bingo
13 Apr

Bingo

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Regulation

Thank you, Combest, for this link. How crazy is it that the state tells charities how many times a week […]

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Nietzsche Versus the Associated Press
13 Apr

Nietzsche Versus the Associated Press

Posted by David Stokes Free-Market Reform

The Post-Dispatch is hosting a truly stupid AP article lamenting that the nation’s uninsured (as in health, not personal effects) don’t […]

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Ten Hours of CWIP Debate Yields No Resolution
13 Apr

Ten Hours of CWIP Debate Yields No Resolution

Posted by Ryan Davisson Energy

As the debate over Missouri’s Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) law heats up, senators are spending copious amounts of time […]

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Initial Franklin County Charter Thoughts
13 Apr

Initial Franklin County Charter Thoughts

Posted by Phil Eckelkamp Municipal Policy

So, the question of the day for me is: Why did the proposed Franklin County Charter fail? Now that I’ve […]

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Low Turnout for St. Louis Election
13 Apr

Low Turnout for St. Louis Election

Posted by Clovis Ouangraoua Municipal Policy

As you all know, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was reelected, joining a club of rare political authorities to maintain […]

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I Found the Holy Grail at the End of the Rainbow
13 Apr

I Found the Holy Grail at the End of the Rainbow

Posted by David Stokes Free-Market Reform, Municipal Policy

Knowing, as my dedicated readers do, that my two favorite things to blog about are the nanny state and the […]

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Not Gaining More, Losing Less
10 Apr

Not Gaining More, Losing Less

Posted by Josh Smith Economy

According to the Post-Dispatch, some are leveling criticism at MOSERS, a Missouri state employee pension fund, because of bonuses paid […]

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Finally, I Agree With Barack Obama About Something
10 Apr

Finally, I Agree With Barack Obama About Something

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

We both love Pi Pizza. Don’t tell me I’ve never tried to be bipartisan. As an aside, I have known […]

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Show-Me Institute Study Makes Reason Foundation Report
10 Apr

Show-Me Institute Study Makes Reason Foundation Report

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

The latest issue of Surface Transportation Innovations, from the folks at the Reason Foundation, has a lot of great information […]

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For Your Entertainment!
09 Apr

For Your Entertainment!

Posted by Clovis Ouangraoua Uncategorized

My country was mentioned in a satirical segment on “The Daily Show,” as a non-permanent member of the Security Council after […]

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Free-Market Campaign Finance Reform
09 Apr

Free-Market Campaign Finance Reform

Posted by Dave Roland Economy, Regulation

Campaign finance regulation has been a very big deal on both the state and national levels for some time. Advocates […]

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SMI Board Member in the Pitch
09 Apr

SMI Board Member in the Pitch

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

The Kansas City Pitch, which published one of my favorite articles last year in favor of replacing income taxes with […]

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Twittering a Show-Me Institute Forum in Springfield
09 Apr

Twittering a Show-Me Institute Forum in Springfield

Posted by David Stokes Economy

Here is Dave Catanese’s report from yesterday’s Show-Me Institute forum in Springfield. Thanks to Dave for covering the event, and […]

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Addicted to Regulating
08 Apr

Addicted to Regulating

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Regulation

Alex Tabarrok reports on regulations purported to halt meth production (scroll down to the 7:20 a.m. post) and their short-lived […]

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Your Vote Counts
08 Apr

Your Vote Counts

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

I don’t often look to the Drudge Report for blogging material, because I doubt Show-Me Daily readers care whether a […]

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