“What Is the Smallest Town in the State?”
Last Friday, I travelled to the 108th Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, for my shift at the Show-Me Institute’s booth, fully prepared...
Tonight: Panel Discussion on Recording the Police and Your Rights
I just want to remind everyone that today, at 6:00 p.m., the Show-Me Institute will be hosting a panel discussion...
Sent to You From My High-Speed Internet Connection
The St. Louis Business Journal wrote a delightful editorial about the state and federal subsidization of broadband access for rural...
The Spirit of Radio
At around 5:05 this afternoon, I will be on the Mike Ferguson show on 93.9 FM The Eagle in Columbia,...
Is a Trash Case a Precursor to a Health Care Decision?
Last month, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a St. Louis man cannot be compelled to purchase trash hauling...
U.S. PIRG Publication Misrepresents Substance of Show-Me Institute Article
While looking for some academic papers on Google Scholar, I took a moment, as an afterthought, to see whether the...
Recording the Police and Your Rights: A Panel Discussion With Liberty on Tour and the ACLU
On Friday, August 20, the Show-Me Institute, along with Liberty on Tour and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), will...
(Mostly) Private Mass Transit
A trolley line serving the Kansas City Strip recently opened and is slowly building a clientele in the area by...
Home Sweet Home?
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, home prices in the St. Louis region rose 20.4 percent in the last three...
Funny You Should Mention It …
On July 31, the Post-Dispatch ran the following letter I had written to the editor: Society makes a promise to...
The Inalienable Right to High-Speed Internet Access
The federal government will spend almost $82 million in Missouri to expand high-speed Internet access in rural areas. This is...
Nothing Comes From Nothing
On Tuesday, Saint Louis city residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a $155 million bond for Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS)....
Some Observations on Prop C
Yesterday’s primary election featured a statewide vote on Proposition C, otherwise known as the Health Care Freedom Act. The bill...
Individuals Make Better Decisions About Land Use Than Do Government Commissions, So Why Won’t the LRA Sell?
What a difference a month makes. In July, the city of St. Louis’s Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) Board of Commissioners...
Liquor Licenses as Weapons
Several weeks ago in a post about adult establishments, an interesting discussion about liquor licenses began in the comment section....
Regarding Missouri’s New Tax Credit Review Commission
Now that the $150 million incentive package for Ford has passed, it’s apparently time to reverse positions and talk tough...
Kansas City Zoo Tax for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too
Last week, the Kansas City Star ran a story about a recent debate among local politicians in the Kansas portion...
Grant’s Farm a National Park?
An article in the Post-Dispatch reports that the National Park Service is considering converting the St. Louis treasure that is...
We’re Only in It for the Money
Last night, I was privileged to attend an advance screening of Waiting for Superman with my colleagues Dave Roland and...
Celebrate Freedom
Please join the Show-Me Institute and the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University in the fourth annual...
