Commentary / Op-Eds

Debunking the Myth of a Costless Medicaid Expansion

As published in the Columbia Tribune On August 4, Missouri voters will decide whether the state should become the 38th to expand Medicaid. Proponents of the measure suggest expanding the […]

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The Myth of “Free” Medicaid Expansion

How do you pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes in making a financial obligation totaling more than $2 billion disappear from sight? Well, you could try the hidden ball trick. […]

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Is There a 1984 in Our Future? A Super Bowl Reflection

What was the greatest Super Bowl commercial of all time? With Super Sunday just around corner, we will cite the Apple commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh personal computer in […]

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State and Local Government

Fare Free Public Transit? Not so Fast

A version of this op-ed was published by the Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri, made news around the country last month with reports that city officials had done away with […]

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The End of History as We (No Longer) Know It : A New Year’s Day Reflection

Imagine you are in a car accident on New Year’s Eve. Like Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity, you wake up to a strange new reality: You don’t know who […]

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St. Louis Ranked in the Middle in Ease-of-Doing-Business Study

The St. Louis Business Journal recently published details of a report that placed St. Louis in the top ten “untapped cities” for startups. This is encouraging, but another study out […]

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