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Pujols Is Worth Every Penny (All 3 Billion of Them)

Pujols Is Worth Every Penny (All 3 Billion of Them)

Feb 16, 2011

We are rapidly approaching the deadline imposed by Albert Pujols and the Cardinals’ front office to secure a new contract...

Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 3: Ticket Scalping

Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 3: Ticket Scalping

Jan 21, 2011

  In this video, Show-Me Institute staff and interns illustrate a functioning market by scalping St. Louis Cardinals tickets at...

Worth the Cost? A New View of Ballpark Village

Worth the Cost? A New View of Ballpark Village

Jan 21, 2011

This week, the long-stalled Ballpark Village came back from the dead, one decade after it was first announced. The new...

Regulation to Go

Regulation to Go

Sep 28, 2010

The Sunday edition of the Post-Dispatch ran an interesting story about the proliferation of food trucks in Saint Louis and...

Free-Market Field Trip!

Free-Market Field Trip!

Aug 13, 2010

Last Wednesday, Show-Me Institute staff and interns ventured on our third free-market field trip. We went to Busch stadium to...

Getting It Backward

Getting It Backward

Apr 12, 2010

Today is the Saint Louis Cardinals’ home opener, and — like all good Saint Louisans — I am excited about...

Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient

Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient

Feb 16, 2010

It is odd to hear serious discussion of expanding MetroLink when the Metro system faces a $50 million shortfall and...

More Steelman

More Steelman

Jul 23, 2008

Steelman fields another question of interest over at the Post-Dispatch: Brian R.: Urban decay and poverty is a problem that...

Former Site for Centene Plaza Sells After All

Former Site for Centene Plaza Sells After All

Apr 4, 2008

Our former editor, Tim Lee, recently pointed me to this article that ran a couple weeks ago in the St....

Gouging for the Green

Gouging for the Green

Mar 17, 2008

It’s raining in St. Louis on this St. Patrick’s day, so I wouldn’t be surprised if today’s Ancient Order of...

Eminent Domain at the All-Star Game

Eminent Domain at the All-Star Game

Jan 24, 2008

A front-page story in this morning’s Post-Dispatch details the delays that have plagued the Ballpark Village development in downtown St....

We Are All In This Together, Except For Westwood

We Are All In This Together, Except For Westwood

Jul 12, 2007

In today’s punch-right-between-the-eyes example of why Saint Louis County has too many municipalities, the Village of Westwood wants to contribute...

Even More Traffic

Even More Traffic

Jun 13, 2007

It appears I jumped the gun a little when I wrote my last blog entry, about our mention in Paul...

New Bridge Might Not Ease Rush Hour Congestion

New Bridge Might Not Ease Rush Hour Congestion

May 23, 2007

Have you ever tried to get through downtown Saint Louis during rush hour? How about before or after a Cards...

Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras

Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras

May 4, 2007

Over at the Columbia Daily Tribune they have a depressing article about the corruption of a bill to expand the...

RCGA Touts Cards in Study; Sun Rises in East

RCGA Touts Cards in Study; Sun Rises in East

Apr 3, 2007

Just in time for opening day, the Saint Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association released a study that concluded that...

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