If You’re Going to Harass Drivers, Do It Right
I’m amused by this editorial in the Kansas City Star. It laments the fact that police in Missouri and Kansas...
This Reminds Me of Kindergarten
The Kansas City Star reports on Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, and the effect on Kansas and Missouri....
John LaPlante Gets Sarcastic
Anyone who doesn’t yet read State House Call should start, if only for John LaPlante’s awesome reactions to statements like...
No Experience? No Problem!
There’s an interesting post on the Freakonomics blog about the computer game SimCity and how it relates to a new...
No Taxation Without Ambulation
Missouri’s budget crisis is certainly in the news, so some legislators are trying to innovate their way out. According to...
Stokes Massages the Post-Dispatch
The Show-Me Institute’s very own David Stokes was interviewed by David Nicklaus of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for an article...
Well, Duh …
People respond to prices, incentives, and mandates. We all know that, although many people wish it were not so. Today’s...
Headline of the Day
"Rains clog sewer system, residents asked to limit toilet use," the Kansas City Star reports. The hilarity of this headline...
“Viva St. Charles” Doesn’t Have the Same Bite … Yet
I’ve wanted to blog about this for a while, but the opportunity never really presented itself as well as I...
Fun With Numbers
Dave Stokes pointed me to an interesting source of information on payday lending in Missouri. Because I’ve written before about...
’47 Cheval Blanc … to Your Doorstep!
Amazon.com, the world’s largest Internet retailer, recently announced its intention to sell wine through its online marketplace, a venture that...
Some Senators Should Stop the Stupid Stimulus
Ahh, alliteration, the simple pleasure of a poetic mind. This post really doesn’t have anything to do with the Senate...
Take Two
Tax incentives for film producers might not be such a good idea after all. The Post-Dispatch reports that two directors...
‘Insure Missouri’ Strays From Path to Free-Market Reform
The ink is barely dry on HB 818, an innovative free-market health care reform bill that encourages individual responsibility and...
State vs. State vs. State Ad Nauseum
There is a very reasonable editorial today in the Southeast Missourian (link via John Combest) regarding the tax dispute between...
A New Border War is Starting
An article in today’s St. Joesph News-Press reports that Kansans are upset about Missouri eliminating a tax deduction that non-residents...
Not the Worst Idea, just not the Right One…
Sen. Bill Stouffer (R – Northwest Missouri) his introduced a bill to increase the state sales tax by a penny...
Missouri Should Open Cable TV Market to Competition
A few decades ago, cable TV looked like a monopoly that was here to stay. Missouri passed cable franchise laws,...
School Choice: A Truly Intelligent Design
Here we go again. In a bitter 6-4 vote, before a standing-room-only crowd, the Kansas Board of Education adopted...
