Government Infrastructure Costs Are Out of Control
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We have all seen the television ad...
In-Person Learning during the Pandemic
I recently began listening to a new podcast called Cautionary Tales, in which Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and BBC...
2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers
Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with...
2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers
Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with...
Charter Schools 101: What Is a Charter School?
It’s hard to believe that after nearly 30 years charter schools are still a mystery in some parts of the...
Remembering Pearl Harbor
As first appearing in the Kansas City Star and the American Spectator: A surprised and outraged Franklin D. Roosevelt called...
Questionable Comparisons, Questionable Conclusions
The Commonwealth Fund published a study comparing the health care system in America to the systems of six other developed...
Homeschooling Family in the New York Times
The homeschooling family I wrote about here and here is now featured in the New York Times. The article recounts...
Real Tort Reform
It appears that the Missouri state Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the $350,000 cap on damages for...
Gulag Demonstration at Washington University
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall! To celebrate the historic event, the Washington University...
Freedom by Any Other Name
As we all know, spring is a time of new life and beginnings. Ritenour students are celebrating the birth of...
Internationally Competitive U.S. Education – at Home
Any comparison of U.S. education with school systems in other countries is incomplete if it leaves out American parents’ freedom...
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors: Should They Be Abolished?
An op-ed in the LA Times (link via Freakonomics) advocates that we abolish the position of vice president. As I...
Populist Pontificating
Claire McCaskill wants Congress to pass a windfall profits tax on oil companies. What would be the effects? Well, first...
