Headline of the Day
"Rains clog sewer system, residents asked to limit toilet use," the Kansas City Star reports. The hilarity of this headline...
Doctors Still Want to Treat Us Like Children
Dr. Philip Anderson, Dean of the St. Louis University School of Medicine, calls for tuition assistance for students studying to...
Midwifery Legal
Clearly, Eric Dixon played an influential role in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision. Missouri now becomes the 38th state to legalize...
SMI on the Air Discussing Ethanol Yesterday!
We were all over the airwaves of Missouri yesterday, talking about ethanol and our recent case study. Justin, sitting at...
Sunshine Requests, Cloudy Responses
Often, when a county clerk changes the computer system used to report election results, information gets lost. Sometimes it’s temporary...
Newsflash: Market Continues to Work
James Fussel has an excellent article in the Kansas City Star detailing some of the potential avenues for combating rising...
Rural, Ruralness, Rurality
There is no universally applicable definition of "rural." But there are some consistent images: few people in a large area,...
Ed Emery Echoes SMI’s Concerns
In a Joplin Independent op-ed, Missouri Rep. Ed Emery has a familiar concern with the state’s ethanol mandate. He has...
Kelo v. New London, Three Years Later
On June 23, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to our Constitution, ruling in a 5-4 decision...
Hedging a Bet
The Southeast Missourian reports that the potential ban on casino construction might cost local developers a promising opportunity in Cape...
Enforce the Existing Laws First
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader urges the state’s congressional representatives to vote for the adoption of the Fairness in...
Stumbling in the Dark
The Kirksville Daily Express reports that there are two main reasons why Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates are reluctant to make any...
High Costs, Low Turnout
How available is public information? I have been putting this to the test by requesting voting records from Missouri’s 114...
More Lunacy Regarding Anheuser-Busch
Criticism of the Anheuser-Busch deal has grown increasingly ridiculous. In a particularly glaring example of one-sided electioneering, the Post-Dispatch reveals...
How Do They Do It?
When it comes to K–12 issues, we tend to neglect small school districts. For journalists and researchers, it’s just easier...
It’s the Economy, Stupid
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article today about the new “urban renaissance," which has been fueled by baby...
Monopoly Redux
Apropos my last post, the Ste. Genevieve Herald reports: Under Missouri law, customers must purchase electric power from the utility...
Junior Monopoly
According to the Springfield News-Leader: The Public Service Commission is allowing Laclede Gas Company to charge customers an estimated additional...
Engineering a Failure
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: So far, rebuilding Highway 40 has involved ripping out roadway and demolishing and rebuilding bridges....
Removing the Beer Goggles
InBev’s attempt to purchase Anheuser-Busch has caused a big stir in the news and politics lately. Justin and Patrick have...
