Minimum Wage Hike Is Poorly Targeted at the Poor
This November, Missouri voters will vote on Proposition B, which would raise the state’s minimum wage to $6.50 per...
Charter Schools Help Minority Students Catch Up
Minority students are falling behind in the public school system. The graduation rate for Missouri’s white students is 87.4 percent;...
Joe and John Seravalli: Victims of Eminent Domain Abuse
Imagine you sign a two-year lease with your landlord. After the first year, you decide you’re tired of paying rent...
Dan Sheehan: Victim of Eminent Domain Abuse
Last November, Clayton business owner Dan Sheehan learned from the newspaper that his property suffered from “age, deteriorated condition,...
Property Rights Still in Danger a Year After Kelo
One year ago today, in the case of Kelo v. New London, the Supreme Court ruled that local governments have...
Legislation Fails to Protect Property Rights
Is it right for the government to take your property for the benefit of another private party? Voters across...
Saint Louis Can’t Afford an Earnings Tax
Saint Louis faces a sad irony. It boasts cultural institutions that many larger cities envy — its symphony, opera theatre,...
‘A La Carte’ Cable: Bad Economics, Bad for Consumers
In the 1991 remake of the classic movie Father of the Bride, Steve Martin goes into a grocery store and begins...
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...
