2018 Blueprint: Right to Work
THE PROBLEM: Until recently, many workers in Missouri could be forced to join unions. That was unfair not only to...
Is Amazon Getting into the Pharmacy Business? Let’s Hope So
Competition and supply are good things, and as we’ve said before, health care needs more of both. Innovations along those...
Like Google, Amazon Wants Good Government over Gimmickry
The imaginations of municipal governments across the country have been captured by the prospect of being chosen as the location...
A Role Model for Education Savings Accounts in Missouri
Advocates of an education savings account (ESA) program in the Show-Me State can look westward for both inspiration and a...
The Mandatory Bar Goes to Court
To practice law, prospective attorneys typically have to pass a Bar exam and, after passage, maintain a membership in what’s...
Right to Try Becomes a National Issue
In 2014, Missouri became the third state to enact a Right to Try law. The legislation, pioneered by the Goldwater...
A New Mantra for the School Choice Movement
In many Eastern religions, practitioners use mantras to calm and center themselves while meditating. If the school choice movement needs...
Microhospitals Booming-But Not in Missouri, Thanks to Certificate of Need
We often preach that boosting the supply of health care services is a necessary component of any serious and significant...
ESAs Can Help Missouri Students with Dyslexia
For years, Kelli Unnerstall wrestled with private and public schools to get her son with dyslexia the help he needed...
Malachi’s School Choice Story
Just last year, 5-year-old Malachi’s home was an orphanage in Ethiopia, and he was unable to walk due to crippling...
Let Kansas City Be Kansas City
For our summer vacation, my daughters and I made a 4,000-mile trek through the desert southwest to San Diego and...
It Could Be Worse. Not Much Worse, but It Could Be Worse.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released data on real GDP for all 50 states. Since Missouri’s growth in recent...
The Streetcar’s Future Ridership
Almost every story about the newly opened Kansas City streetcar tells us that ridership is higher than expected, and indeed...
Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts: How Parents Could Spend Funds
Recently, I wrote about a proposed law that could expand educational opportunities for students with disabilities. The Empowerment Scholarship Account...
Deflate-gate in Saint Louis: Air goes out of a plan for a new subsidized football stadium
In stimulating tourism, trade, and economic growth, the Roman Coliseum may be the world’s only sports stadium that has repaid...
Here’s How Missouri’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Would Work
A proposed law could expand educational opportunities for students with disabilities in Missouri by allowing families greater flexibility in how...
School Choice in Missouri: The Power Rankings
Football season is upon us, and while I’m cautiously optimistic about the Chiefs this year, I’m really looking forward to...
Income and Money Flee Missouri
Earlier this year, Michael Rathbone and I published an essay examining migration trends for Missouri. We reported that over the...
The News Tribune Gets School Choice Wrong
The Jefferson City News Tribune’s editorial board published an article yesterday called, “Changes in Public Education Complicate Pressing Choices.” They wrote,...
