Policymakers in Missouri Have a Lot to Learn From Taiwan
[Note: This blog entry was written on Friday. The governor’s trip to Taiwan has since been canceled.] Later this month,...
No One Wants to Poison Their Customers
In August, consumers across America were frightened by news of a salmonella outbreak traced to several farms in Iowa. The...
Blighting and Taking Private Property Not the Right Fix for Vacancies
The Kansas City Star’s editorial board wrote recently that the city should deal with vacant houses and buildings more aggressively,...
Kansas City Considers Private Involvement in Infrastructure Management
As I understand it, at their regular meeting tomorrow, Kansas City’s City Council will be deciding on whether or not...
Why Does Kansas City Need More Power to Take Private Property?
The Kansas City Star recently wrote that the city should step up its efforts to deal with more than 12,000...
Interesting Article About the Head of the Kansas City Fed
I recommend this article about the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. If you are the type...
Strip Club Patrons Vote With Their Feet
According to a recent article in the Kansas City Star, strip clubs in Missouri have fewer customers and fewer revenues...
Tumors, Tariffs, and Terrorism
According to the Kansas City Star, Sen. Kit Bond has been trying to stop the passage of the American Medical...
Highly Recommended School Reform Piece in the Kansas City Star
I enthusiastically encourage you to read this op-ed in the Kansas City Star about school reform options and challenges in...
(Mostly) Private Mass Transit
A trolley line serving the Kansas City Strip recently opened and is slowly building a clientele in the area by...
Missouri’s “Subsidies-for-Development Disease”
An editorial in the Kansas City Star argues that Missouri should stop training companies to expect subsidies. It describes the...
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...
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Mathematics
Earlier this week, the Kansas City Star published a fantastic editorial that illustrates the math behind low-income housing tax credits...
Central Planners Get It Wrong, Again
The Kansas City Star recently wrote that the Power and Light redevelopment project in downtown Kansas City will cost more...
Should the State of Missouri Take Children Away From the Blind?
Quick answer: of course not. But let’s try to move beyond the anger many of us likely feel when reading...
The Ban on Listening to the Radio While Driving Moves Forward
A few months back, I merely joked that after we had banned texting, phone calls, shaving, and more while driving,...
Concentrated Benefits, Diffused Costs
The Kansas City Star has some disappointing news: A special legislative session offering incentives to Missouri’s automobile industry was transformed...
Whose Benefits? Whose Costs?
The Kansas City Star recently reported on Kansas City’s adoption of a long-range transportation plan to “emphasiz[e] energy conservation, environmental...
Robbing Peter to Buy Paul an Energy-Efficient Washing Machine
On Friday, the Kansas City Star printed a editorial that praises Missouri’s appliance rebate program (link via Combest). It communicates...
Kansas City Needs Help Collecting Taxes
Yesterday’s Kansas City Star has an interesting story about tax collection problems in Kansas City. I give Councilman John Sharp credit...
