“Medicare for All” Remains a Terrible, Terrible Idea
Last December I had the opportunity to have a radio debate with two supporters of Medicare for All, which (in...
Killing the Golden Goose: How Walmart’s Left-Wing Critics Destroy Job Creation
Under three different CEOs, Wal-Mart has done all kinds of somersaults to appease left-wing critics. In 2005, Lee Scott set...
Education: A Brief History Of Federal Overreach
When Americans think of federal overreach in education, they might think of programs like Race to the Top, Common Core,...
Saint Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board Names New LRA Commissioner
When St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) last appointed a member of the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) Commission, Bill Clinton was...
Well, That’s One Way to Increase Health Care Costs
On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon announced his first priority for the coming legislative session: Requiring prescriptions for medicines that contain...
Tariffs Punish Consumers, but Remain Politically Popular
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. With all the talk about polarizing politics and the fracturing...
How Free Are We, Part Two
Continuing a series of blog posts that began in April 2007, and which was on hiatus until now, let us...
This Bud’s for Them
We’ve praised Sen. Claire McCaskill repeatedly on this blog, but her comments about the InBev deal deserve some response: “I...
Populist Pontificating
Claire McCaskill wants Congress to pass a windfall profits tax on oil companies. What would be the effects? Well, first...
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