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Fiscal Responsibility?

Fiscal Responsibility?

Feb 3, 2010

Using the Show-Me Institute’s “Show-Me: The Spending” online tool, I discovered some curious trends in the Missouri state budget. One...

Dental Therapists

Dental Therapists

Feb 2, 2010

Thanks to the Columbia Missourian today for publishing my op-ed about dental therapists and professional licensing laws in Missouri. It’s...

Can a Law End Bullying?

Can a Law End Bullying?

Jan 28, 2010

Anyone following the cyberbullying issue should read this article in the Columbia Missourian. (Thanks to Combest for the link.) The...

To Market, To Market

To Market, To Market

Jan 7, 2010

I hadn’t noticed a proposal to exempt produce sold at farmers’ markets from sales taxes until I read this column...

Even More on Missouri Film Tax Credits

Even More on Missouri Film Tax Credits

Dec 14, 2009

Frédéric Bastiat My recent op-ed against film tax credits was published as a guest commentary in the Columbia Missourian today!...

Do Charters Make the Grade?

Do Charters Make the Grade?

Oct 20, 2009

Over the weekend, the Columbia Missourian ran an interesting article that questioned the effectiveness of Missouri’s charter schools. Using MAP...

Handle Stimulus Funds With Care

Handle Stimulus Funds With Care

Jun 4, 2009

The Columbia Missourian has an op-ed from the Show-Me Institute’s Joe Haslag and David Stokes. It addresses the question of...

Great Discussion of the “Fair Tax” in the Columbia Missourian

Great Discussion of the “Fair Tax” in the Columbia Missourian

May 20, 2009

I definitely recommend this piece in today’s Columbia Missourian discussing the growing support for Missouri’s “Fair Tax” proposal, which would...

The Missouri Plan, for Your Consideration

The Missouri Plan, for Your Consideration

Sep 24, 2008

Combest today has a number of links to articles about proposed changes to the Missouri Plan of judicial selection. In...

Responsibility

Responsibility

Aug 6, 2008

Tuesday, the Columbia Public Schools superintendent announced that she was retiring. The timing was off. The shuffle of superintendents, either...

Learning Languages

Learning Languages

Feb 8, 2008

Schoolhouse Talk links to a story in the Columbia Missourian about 6th-grade public school students learning Chinese. The kids learned...

An Education Blog Is Born

An Education Blog Is Born

Nov 27, 2007

There’s another new Missouri education blog out there, this one courtesy of the Columbia Missourian. In its first few posts,...

Al Sharpton Wants Universal Health Care

Al Sharpton Wants Universal Health Care

Jul 27, 2007

An article in today’s Columbia Missourian discusses Al Sharpton’s solution for reducing the gap between blacks and whites when it...

Taxing for Better Roads!

Taxing for Better Roads!

Jun 12, 2007

In today’s Columbia Missourian, an article discusses the problems that the Missouri Legislature is having in finding an appropriate amount...

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