The State Constitutional Question: Are the Aerotropolis Tax Credits Even Legal?
It’s a question that now is cropping up among some who have looked closely at the Aerotropolis legislation. Ron Calzone...
Using Your Property to Criticize Us for Taking Your Property? You’d Better Believe That’s Illegal
On Wednesday, lawyers from the Institute for Justice will argue before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Saint...
The Benefits of Federalism and Self-Government
Here is a fantastic video made by the students of Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Virginia (full...
Missouri’s Attorney General Should Join Health Care Reform Lawsuit
When Missourians passed Proposition C last August with more than 71 percent of the vote, they signaled opposition to the...
An Open Letter to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster
Dear Atty. Gen. Koster: To date, 20 out of the 50 states have joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality...
Voter Turnout
Various commenters across the state continue to argue that Prop C’s thundering success at the Aug. 3 primary election should...
An Economic Bill of Rights?
Are people inherently born with the right to an important and well-paying job? How about a decent house? The author...
Taxes in Philly and My Talk With a City Official on the Earnings Tax
Earlier this week, I went to an after-work charity event where I was engaged by a city official — who I won’t...
A Self-Defeating Proposal
Writing in the St. Louis Beacon, Washington University professor of Earth and planetary sciences Bob Criss argues that raising the...
Maybe When Service Drops to One Day a Week, We Can Eliminate Its Monopoly Protection?
The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t want to deliver mail on Saturday anymore. Facing a large budget gap, the USPS is...
How Should We Pay for Transportation in Missouri?
Today’s Southeast Missourian asks the above question about Missouri transportation funding in an editorial (link via a certain Mr. Combest)....
Census Singalong and More
The forms that the Census Bureau sends out aren’t directed at children, and when Census workers go door-to-door collecting information...
Dancing with the Feds
John Combest links to a fantastic editorial in the Jefferson City News-Tribune that compares the Race to the Top to...
Tax Dollars and the Census
A Springfield News-Leader article about the Census doesn’t mention the Constitution. Nor does it characterize the Census as a medium...
Have a Merry Census
This article in the Southeast Missourian features quotes from Missouri officials about why people should participate in the Census. No...
The U.S. Census Is Not Your Family Scrapbook
The Constitution is a product of the Founders’ wisdom, and that includes its provisions for the national Census. Taking a...
Health Care Reform and Constitutional Limits
Among the elements of the health bill being considered by Congress is a requirement that every adult would either have...
You, Too, Can Be a McCarthyite!
I was very pleased with how this morning’s interview went with Charlie Brennan. I hope you’ll give it a listen....
Your Assignment: Help the Federal Government
This St. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the Census in Schools Program mentions lesson plans provided by the federal government: Gateway,...
Large Counties Should Reduce Their Commercial Property Tax Surcharges
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property...
