The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of...
The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, about how a new federal scholarship...
Ameren to Shut Down Rush Island
The coal-powered Rush Island Energy Center in Jefferson County will be shut down on October 15. The 1,178-megawatt energy center...
New School Options in the Heartland: Hybrid and Micro Schools
School-choice policies open the door for a variety of schooling options to take root. During the COVID-19 pandemic many families...
The L.A. Olympics Will Likely Be an Economic Failure
The New York Times publishes that as Los Angeles is on the brink of hosting the 2028 Olympic Games, the...
Missouri Needs to Be Prepared for Growing Energy Demand
When the legislature finally passed an education reform bill, I was hopeful this would mean we would see movement on...
How We’re Writing Off an Entire Generation with Michael Petrilli
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Michael J. Petrilli about his recent op-ed featured in The New York Times, titled ‘We Can...
How We Fund Schools with Chad Aldeman
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Chad Aldeman about school funding, teacher pay, pension systems and more. Chad Aldeman is the Policy...
What Should We Do About Facebook?
Robby Soave joined The Mark Reardon Show on 97.1 FM Talk (KFTK-St. Louis) to discuss his new book, Tech Panic,...
Wednesday, May 12 – Ramesh Ponnuru: The Case for a Conservative Economic Agenda
Conservatives have traditionally favored freeing markets and shrinking government. But new political and economic trends are leading many conservatives to...
The New York Times Talks Property Assessments in St. Louis County
The New York Times had an excellent article on property taxation issues a week ago. The article had a nationwide...
Virtual Town Hall – The National Debt Crisis with Brian Riedl
On September 10, 2020, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall featuring Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl. Brian discussed the...
A Fundamental Shift is Happening in Education
Listen carefully. Do you hear that? It’s the ground shifting beneath the public education establishment. Families across the country are...
Another Fine Convention Hotel Mess
The New York Times recently published a story on the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the economic downturn on...
Stop the Charade: Public Schools Are Not Value Neutral
In a recent article on the front page of the New York Times, Dana Goldstein explained how textbook companies selectively...
You Can Say That: A Lecture from David French
Event Details: Where do we draw the line on free speech? On its tenor? On its subject matter? Have we...
Why “Developer” Is and Is Not a Dirty Word
In a recent piece at the New York Times, a writer laments: Real estate developers are indeed fraught characters in...
Rural Families Don’t Have to Accept “One Size Fits All” When it Comes to Education
Anyone who grew up away from big cities knows that limited options are a fact of life, whether it’s restaurants,...
Brenda Talent Joins Donnybrook to Discuss LouFest Cancellation, Circuit Attorney’s “Exclusion List”
On September 6, Show-Me Institute CEO Brenda Talent appeared on KETC’s Donnybrook to discuss the cancelation of Loufest, the anonymous New...
Want Better Hotels? Then Support a Free and Open Market
One accomplished hotelier believes that “Airbnb is a mortal threat to the U.S. hotel industry. The only way you can...
