A House Is a Man’s Castle, Fortress, and Barnyard
Clayton residents are debating whether the city should restrict pet chickens. This Post-Dispatch article presents the usual quotes from neighbors...
More About Signs
This op-ed in the Post-Dispatch praises billboards and decries billboard bans. While I’m not sure I agree that billboards “are...
Tough Call on Real Estate Transfer Taxes
Yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a story about the effort by Realtors to pass an amendment to Missouri’s Constitution that...
Ethanol on My Mind
I have been thinking about ethanol lately because the hotel with which our office building shares a parking garage seems...
High Time for a Change in Higher Education
Aristotle said that “Education is the best provision for old age,” and I believe that this insight applies to both...
Fundamental Economic Principles Illustrated in This AP Article
I really enjoyed this Associated Press article about the current recession in today’s Post-Dispatch. Not because I like the recession,...
Urban Planners Know What Is Good for Us!
It is a delicious coincidence that the Show-Me Institute is bringing the Antiplanner himself, Randal O’Toole, to St. Louis on...
St. Louisans Are Smarter Than the Post-Dispatch Implies
Last month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an editorial critiquing the Show-Me Institute’s study of earnings taxes. It rejected both...
Why the Secrecy?
It took awhile to find in today’s paper, but the Post-Dispatch had a good article about developer Paul McKee’s $8...
Education Reform, Property Taxes, and What the Post-Dispatch Got Totally Wrong
There has been a great deal of discussion about property taxes in the wake of the state Supreme Court’s decision...
Missouri’s Ticking Pension Time Bomb
The front page article in today’s Post-Dispatch is about the underfunding of Missouri’s public employee pension programs. This is a...
“Buycott” for Organic Foods
When John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, he hardly could have...
Illinois’ Tax Is Missouri’s Gain
On Sept. 1, Illinois will significantly raise taxes on alcohol, a diktat that will hurt Illinois businesses while benefiting bordering...
St. Louis City And County: Divided With Love
Today’s Post-Dispatch has the history behind the famous 1876 split between St. Louis County and city. This coincides nicely with...
Intriguing, Yet Frightening, Comment Over at Political Fix
Below is the full text of a comment from a blog post over at the Post-Dispatch‘s Political Fix blog. It...
Our World-Famous Health Care Study
The latest Show-Me Institute Policy Study — “The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Missouri Perspective” — is shaping up...
St. Ann Could Become a “Pool” Sales Tax City
Not just anyone can come up with attention-grabbing headlines like that. You are either born with the talent or not....
How Online Courses Can Help
From some of the feedback I’ve received on my writing about virtual schools, I get the impression that readers think...
Payday Loan Regulations Are Misguided
The Post-Dispatch featured an article this week exploring how “Payday loan dispute does not slow use.” The article focuses on...
Town Hall Forums Meet “The Clash”
Where to begin with the recent spate of news on what I long thought was impossible: making politicians’ town hall...
