This Blog Post Has Not Been Approved by the General Assembly
This story in the Post-Dispatch reminds me of the official state animals and desserts that Missouri schoolchildren have been shepherding...
Future of Missouri Higher Education
Education is one of the most important issues facing our country, and the Show-Me State in particular. Missouri’s higher education...
(Insert Gambling Pun Here): The Stakes of Propostion A
Thursday, The Columbia Tribune ran a quality editorial (link via John Combest) about the costs and benefits of Proposition A....
Stock Slump Provides Bridge to Cheaper Gas
The stock market troubles that have made the front page of CNN’s website almost every day for the last two...
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors: Should They Be Abolished?
An op-ed in the LA Times (link via Freakonomics) advocates that we abolish the position of vice president. As I...
The Fatted Gaffe
Yesterday, the Columbia Daily Tribune‘s publisher, Henry J. Waters III, ran an outstanding editorial about the importance of personal choice...
Greene County Could Benefit From Non-Partisan Judicial Selection
You may have heard there will be an election this November. Alongside trivial votes, such as who to choose for...
Cigarette Taxes
The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports on one economist’s campaign to raise the cigarette tax. Tom Kruckemeyer wants the tax to...
Can’t Believe I Missed This Article Last Month …
At the Show-Me Institute, we love ethanol. More to the point, we love writing and blogging about the lunacy of America’s...
New Book Review Contest Offers Cash Prizes to Missouri College Students
The Show-Me Institute is excited to announce a new ongoing book review contest, targeted to Missouri college students and college-age...
Anti-Light Rail Campaign in Kansas City
The Kansas City Star ran an article today about a new group that’s campaigning against the city’s light rail proposal....
Thoughts on the Home Rule Charter of Jefferson County
On November 4, voters in Jefferson County will decide whether they would like their jurisdiction to become a charter county...
Memo to the Missouri Division of Tourism
I learned something about our beloved state in a golf trip to Ireland, from which I just returned. On two...
Don’t Run Those Yellow Lights in Washington
Washington, Mo., residents — yours truly included — are going to have to keep dealing with the obnoxious red light...
If It Ain’t Broke …
… don’t fix it! There are a few policy areas in which Missouri is doing such a fantastic job that...
Best Way to Spread Your Cause: Free T-Shirt
Continuing my ongoing epic of examining the Renewable Energy Initiative, I stumbled upon an interesting section of the Missouri Clean...
WashMo Endorses Renewable Energy Initiative
For the past few weeks I have been researching and writing extensively about the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative. The issue...
Economy Goes Down, Minimum Wage Goes Up
Missouri’s minimum wage is set to go up again in January. Here’s a thorough article in the Springfield Business Journal...
Metro Transit Funding Raises Difficult Questions
Saint Louis area officials have long struggled over how to fund the mass transit system. In the November elections, county...
Light-Rail Systems Are a False Promise
Rail transit has become such an albatross around the necks of the American cities that have it that it is...
