Chiefs Team President Accidentally Speaks Truth
A Kinsley gaffe, named for the journalist and Slate editor Michael Kinsley, is “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious...
Legislature Might Look at Indy 500 Winner for Inspiration
I’ve let my feelings be known about how the 2023 legislative session went: poorly. A handful of bills that I...
Missouri’s State of the Bloating State
Earlier this month, I expressed my general optimism that Missouri’s 2023 legislative session would be a good one, focused on...
Hail to the Chiefs! And Pay for Your Own Stadium
If you thought Tyreek Hill getting traded to Miami was going to be the last surprise Chiefs fans got this...
Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Missouri is considered one of the most “conservative” of the 50...
Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon
A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to...
What It Would Take to Bring Green Energy to Kingdom City, Missouri?
“We reason from the hand to the head,” Henry David Thoreau wrote, pointing out how a simple example drawn from...
Why the “Green New Deal” Will Not Fly in Missouri
How well prepared are different players in Missouri’s highly diversified economy to join the “Green New Deal” proposed by Congresswoman...
WRONG WAY: Anti-Tolling Group Gets It Wrong
Some of Missouri’s roadways are in critical condition. Interstate 70 is half a century old in many places and needs...
