The Role of the Lieutenant Governor in Missouri
A few days ago, the Joplin Globe ran an editorial that discussed the micro issue of the relationship between Gov. Jay...
Standing Up for Missouri’s Economy
Good news for opponents of cap-and-trade policy in Missouri (via the Kansas City Star‘s Prime Buzz): The climate bill passed...
The Post-Partisan Age of School Choice
Over at Cato@Liberty earlier today, Andrew Coulson commented on how school choice is becoming an increasingly post-partisan issue, as politicians...
School Choice Is the New Civil Rights Struggle
The Wall Street Journal ran an excellent editorial yesterday, by Brendan Miniter, pointing out that school choice has become a...
Nonpartisan Elections a Bad Idea for Franklin County
When it comes to elections, everyone wants the same thing: high voter turn-out and a well-informed electorate. Unfortunately, those two...
Thank You to the Cape Girardeau County Pachyderm Club
I just want to send a quick, bloggy thank you to the Cape Girardeau County Pachyderm Club for having me...
Bartle’s Second Reply to Stouffer
Yesterday, I was privileged to testify at a hearing on Senate Bill 11, proposed legislation that would discontinue Missouri’s ethanol...
Calling All Third-Party Candidates
Missourinet has an interesting story about the Constitution Party in Missouri (link via Mr. Durrwachter-Combest). Because the party hit the...
Jefferson City Leadership and Saint Louis
The leadership teams that both parties will have during the next two years in Jefferson City have been announced. It...
Freakonomics to the Left, Freakonomics to the Right
Nicely correlating with our presentation of an upcoming appearance by Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics fame, is an interesting post on...
Remarriage?
Partisanship has long been divorced from most school elections in the United States. In fact, all school board elections in...
More Lunacy Regarding Anheuser-Busch
Criticism of the Anheuser-Busch deal has grown increasingly ridiculous. In a particularly glaring example of one-sided electioneering, the Post-Dispatch reveals...
Instructional Reform Isn’t Failproof Either
Sol Stern responds to Richard Rothstein over at Cato Unbound. He’s titled the essay "A Tale of Two Rothsteins," although...
Bonuses for Teachers
There are pros and cons to this teacher pay proposal: House Bill 2430, sponsored by Democrat Jason Holsman, would pay...
It Must Be a “Mc” Thing
The U.S. Senate rejected today a proposal which would have placed new restrictions on congressional “earmark” bills. Earmarks are line-item...
Mailing It In
The controversy over seating Democratic delegates awarded in the Florida and Michigan primaries has escalated to the point where it...
Election Week: Will Your Vote Count?
It’s Super Tuesday, so I hope that sometime before, after, or while you’re actually reading this (hooray for iPhones) you’ve...
The Real Health-Care Debate
Our own policy analyst and Show-Me Daily blogger extraordinaire Justin Hauke had a letter to the editor published in today’s...
Berkeley Bob on Health Care
There is an op-ed in this morning’s Wall Street Journal by Robert Reich — President Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor...
The Show-Me Institute Really Is Non-Partisan; Here’s the Proof …
Man, oh man, this is gonna get me in trouble in the circles I run in. But intellectual honesty demands...
