Physicians Will Benefit When Patients Have a Choice
An op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader explains how Missouri’s health care system has made life difficult for independent physicians —...
Reforming Property Taxes … A Great Idea.
In Sunday’s Jefferson County Journal, an op-ed piece discusses a way to stop spiraling property taxes in Missouri. The plan...
Missouri Must Get Honest About Toll Roads
Via John Combest, the Kansas City Star has an excellent editorial on future transportation funding in Missouri. Key statement: "Any...
I Designate Myself the Official Sarah of the State of Missouri
I like three-toed box turtles almost as much as crayfish. But this still strikes me as a bad idea: Legislation...
Sarah is Brilliant, But Nonetheless Wrong …
Sarah Brodsky disagrees with my opinion that there are too many school districts (524 to be exact) in Missouri. Her...
The More the Merrier
Blogs are no fun if all the contributors echo each other. To prevent that from happening here, the Show-Me Institute...
There Are Way Too Many School Districts In Missouri!
The Post-Dispatch has an article today on Fort Zumwalt School District in St. Charles County opening its fourth high school...
To Each His Own
On Missourinet, a post encourages all of us to serve on state boards: Jessica Robinson with the Governor’s office says...
Pathbreaking Reform – In Missouri!
Thanks are again due to Combest for linking to a letter by state Rep. Doug Ervin Kearney in the Springfield...
Jetton Spreads the Good News
An article in the Lebanon Daily Record (via Combest) discusses Rod Jetton’s visit to the Hughes Senior Center in Lebanon...
State Invertebrate
I have mixed feelings about the state invertebrate. (Thanks, Combest!) I love crayfish, and creating new state symbols is about...
I Love the Sales Tax Holiday!
I stand to respectfully yet strongly disagree with my colleague Sarah Brodsky, over her arguments against the sales tax holiday....
My Ears are Burning
Just a few days after Paul Jacob mentioned our scholar R.W. Hafer’s op-ed about St. Louis traffic and bridge construction...
State Takes Aim at the Start of School
In the Southeast Missourian (via Combest) an article discusses a new state law that would require school districts not to...
Health Insurance Reform Paves Way for Consumer-Based Care
Missourians have reason to applaud the legislative passage of Rep. Doug Ervin’s health insurance reform. With the signing into law...
Cape Officials Consider Very Bad Idea …
As reported in the Southeast Missourian, city officals in Cape Girardeau are considering instituting some type of earnings or payroll...
Maybe They Should Attend the University of Phoenix
John Combest is, as usual, doing half my job for me. He links to an article in the Southeast Missourian...
The Proposed Official-Language Amendment
The Washington Missourian (by way of Combest) reports that Tom Schlafly has found a possible problem with the proposal to...
I’m Thinking of a State (Part 2)
The Springfield News-Leader jumps on the bandwagon and publishes a fanciful vision of a future Missouri: I recently asked a...
The One (Hundred) Million Dollar Man.
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed an article about Paul McKee Jr., who is known for developing the...
