Commentary / Op-Eds

Return of the Resource Curse: The Trouble That Comes from Too Much Money

Versions of this commentary appeared in the American Spectator and the Columbia Missourian. Imagine painting yourself into a corner—as someone of limited means who is subject to wacky increases in […]

No, School Choice Does Not Defund Public Schools

A version of this commentary appeared in the Kansas City Star. School choice legislation is under consideration in the Missouri legislature, which means it is time for the same misleading […]

Corporate Welfare

Will Boonville Repeat the Mistakes of St. Louis and Kansas City?

A version of this commentary was published in the Columbia Tribune. Tax-increment financing (TIF) is Missouri’s bad idea that refuses to die. Now it is Boonville’s turn to face off […]

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Corporate Welfare

Tax Incentive Reforms Would Benefit Kansas City

A version of this commentary appeared in the Kansas City Star. Ulysses S. Grant was known to say that in war, anything was better than inaction or indecision. Doing something […]

State and Local Government

Local Gas Taxes Are the Secret Garden of City Road Funding Options

A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. When troubled or sickly aristocratic English youth needed a place to recuperate in private away from their cruel stepparents, they would […]

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A Crisis of Trust

A version of this commentary was published in the Jefferson City News-Tribune. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, parents across the state of Missouri were likely not […]

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