Residential Assignment, No School Choice: A Terrible System
Recently, I presented a paper at a conference in Madrid, Spain. The conference brought together education scholars from across Europe,...
In-Person Learning during the Pandemic
I recently began listening to a new podcast called Cautionary Tales, in which Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and BBC...
Is There a 1984 in Our Future? A Super Bowl Reflection
What was the greatest Super Bowl commercial of all time? With Super Sunday just around corner, we will cite the...
What Is Educational Pluralism?
Ashley Berner has spent a lot of time examining educational systems around the world, and she concludes that the American...
Socialism: The Slouching Beast on our Campuses
Socialism has come a long way since 1917. Socialist regimes ruled half the world—at a terrible cost—during the Cold War....
Kansas City Dodged the #HQ2 Bullet
Richard Florida is an urban studies theorist who promoted the idea that the creative class would drive urban renewal and...
Regulatory Reform Emerges as Major Issue, Nationally and in Missouri
It’s been an active first few weeks for President Donald Trump, and the new Administration’s prompt engagement of the United...
Leadership Lessons from Attila the Hen: Margaret Thatcher on Europe-and the United States
It was a vintage if ill-advised display of firmness. A quarter of a century ago, Margaret Thatcher threw the British...
Making Regulations Count
Recently, I found myself in the State Capitol building in Jefferson City, Missouri listening to a rousing debate about whether...
Bombardier’s Troubles Continue As Company Lays Off 7000
Back in November we updated readers on the case of Bombardier, a company that in 2008 sought millions in state tax...
Opt Out? Or Opt In to Other Accountability Measures
The release of the scores from the 2015 MAP test a few weeks ago has brought with it new discussion...
Missouri Jumps on the ESA Bandwagon-Hurray!
British Mathematician Alfred North Whitehead said, “Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” Perhaps that’s what school choice critics...
Remembering Pearl Harbor
As first appearing in the Kansas City Star and the American Spectator: A surprised and outraged Franklin D. Roosevelt called...
Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’
As first appearing at Mises.org: Ludwig von Mises, a mentor to Friedrich Hayek and a major figure in economics in...
Missouri’s Conservatives: Resolved to be Irresolute
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: Winston Churchill chided the British government for inaction at a time of growing...
‘Tis Time For TIF Reform
That title would make a pretty good protest chant, if you ask me. Although the use of “‘Tis” to help...
Let Market Guide Us To Prosperity In ’14
As first appearing in the January 7, 2014, Columbia Daily Tribune: Here are five market-oriented resolutions for a more prosperous...
The Best Bargain I Ever Made
As first appearing in the September 30, 2013, print edition of The Weekly Standard: Though I never met the man,...
Emerald Automotive Still Seeking The Green
It’s been a couple years since we first discussed hybrid car start-up Emerald Automotive. When we last left it, Emerald...
The Boston Tea Party and . . . Targeted Tax Credits?
I don’t think any American schoolchild escaped this lesson from civics class: On the night of December 16, 1773, in...
