Missouri’s Homeschooling Laws Are Fantastic
I knew homeschoolers in Tennessee faced some restrictions, but I wasn’t aware that parents need a bachelor’s degree or their...
Domestic Migration and Tax Policy
New York’s higher-income residents are fleeing the state, and they are taking their tax dollars with them. The New York...
Interesting Tax Data From the Tax Foundation
The St. Louis Business Journal has a story about a recent study comparing sales tax rates in the 50 states....
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...
How Good Is Health Care in Missouri?
Many of my friends are involved in discussions about health care. A common thing I hear is that people are...
New Study Compares Tax Systems in Missouri, Tennessee
A few of you may not have noticed that late last week, we released a brand-new case study on our...
Great Discussion of the “Fair Tax” in the Columbia Missourian
I definitely recommend this piece in today’s Columbia Missourian discussing the growing support for Missouri’s “Fair Tax” proposal, which would...
Homeschooling in Missouri and Tennessee
I found these letters to the editor about homeschooling in Tennessee through the Panama City Renaissance School blog. As I...
Education and Guns
The Two Million Minutes Blog does a great job of pointing out the importance of science and math education. One...
Internationally Competitive U.S. Education – at Home
Any comparison of U.S. education with school systems in other countries is incomplete if it leaves out American parents’ freedom...
Tennessee vs. Missouri: Taxes May Tip the Odds
Missouri nestles against eight states, so border wars of all sorts are common. Some are fun, such as this week’s...
Missouri in Relatively Good Standing
Last week, I was introduced to the Tax Foundation’s Tax Freedom Day report. Aside from being an educational visualization of...
Well, Now I’ll Start Leaving Smaller Tips
The Missouri House of Representatives rejected a bill yesterday which would have cut the minimum wage rate for tipped restaurant...
Not Yours to Give
Governor Matt Blunt has requested federal disaster relief aid for 42 Missouri counties affected by December’s winter storms. On the...
How to Cut the Local Budget…
My friend, Geoff Segal with the Reason Foundation, has written an op-ed on the experiences of Sandy Springs, GA, in...
How High is the Bar?
The New York Times reports on state education standards and discusses the disparities between them: For example, an eighth grader...
