Filmmakers Vote With Their Feet
I blogged yesterday about how tax policy distributes people and businesses. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal illustrates...
Districts Are Challenged to Find Local Food in the Middle of the Winter
An op-ed in the Birmingham Weekly contains an error that’s familiar to anyone following school lunch policy. It conflates “healthy”...
Legislating Common Sense
This week’s Well-Intentioned But Ineffectual Nanny State Award goes to California, for enacting a law requiring doctors to conduct a...
Rampant Licensing Requirements Are Tricks, Not Treats
Today, Matt Drudge linked to two articles that illustrate the negative consequences of excessive licensing requirements. The city of Ventura,...
Local Food Is Not the Answer to Economic Ills
Some locavores argue that the government should encourage local food consumption in order to create a more stable and sustainable...
Quick Clarification on Quote in the Columbia Maneater
I was quoted this morning in the University of Missouri–Columbia’s student newspaper, The Maneater, as part of a story about...
Giving Insurers More Room to Operate Would Increase Beneficial Competition
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. In this limited space, it is impossible to deal with...
The Pillars of Prosperity
Enjoy this preview of The Power of the Poor: Leading up to the release of The Power of the Poor,...
Two Plus Two Equals Four … And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors
This article in the L.A. Times reports on California school districts that are turning to the private sector to make...
Interstate Rail Project Would Bring High-Speed Spending
On June 17, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) asked states for proposals for spending the $8 billion of stimulus money...
Should Charters Take Over Traditional Urban Schools?
From this article in the L.A. Times, it looks like Green Dot has somewhat improved a troubled California high school....
Direct Democracy or Representative Republic: Which Do You Prefer?
I generally prefer the actions of a representative republic over those of a direct democracy. Yesterday’s Kansas City Star had a...
How to Bring Down the C-Section Rate Without a Government Mandate
This article is specifically about Florida, but the issues it raises come up in health care debates everywhere: Some doctors...
Districts of Choice
The California legislature is considering whether to extend its inter-district public school choice program. I completely agree with this statement...
Charter School Results Getting Federal Notice
I came across this story about charter school advocates being heard by the House Education and Labor Committee in Washington,...
Municipal Disincorporation in the News
In my recent study of government in Missouri, I wrote about the potential advantages of disincorporation for Missouri municipalities. I...
Four-Day School Weeks in the L.A. Times
A four-day school week proposal was voted down in the Missouri Senate a few weeks ago, but the idea is...
A Novel Way to Meet the Demand for Teachers
School districts eager to fill gaping shortages of math and science teachers might consider hiring teachers who have earned alternative...
David Nicklaus on “Buy Local”
David Nicklaus continues to write about the locavore movement. Here are my comments on a column he wrote a few...
Toke on This
A small town in Missouri has legalized medical marijuana. The move is largely symbolic, because the county sheriff still plans...
