Direct Subsidy More Efficient Than Universal Insurance
Gov. Matt Blunt’s new low-income health care plan, “Insure Missouri,” may cover more than 100,000 people by the middle of...
Czar Anthony the Great?
When the Legislature passed HB 1944 last year (modifying existing laws related to eminent domain use), it included a provision...
A 50 Basis Point Cut? Try 50,000 …
Yesterday, Attorney General Jay Nixon and several legislators called for reform to Missouri’s payday loan industry, arguing that it engages...
Saint George: Symptom of a Larger Problem? Or Is It a Smaller Problem?
Traffic ticket hotspot St. George, Missouri, is still on people’s minds after that ugly incident with the police officer last...
Gasp! People Actually Move to Low-Tax States!
File this article under "Like we said …" The Kansas City Star had an article last week about the fact...
‘Hot Fuel’ Regulations Would Harm Consumers
Nobody likes high fuel prices. In recent years, as gasoline costs have soared, consumers have looked for solutions — ranging...
Exciting News For Mobility and Safety On I-70 In Missouri
Via Combest, there are numerous articles today about the grant from the US Dept. of Transportation to MoDOT, funding an...
Saint Louis County Misses an Opportunity
The Saint Louis County Council has voted to keep its property tax rate the same, rather than lowering it in...
St. George Police Officer in Trouble … St. George???
This post is not about the specific incident that has landed a St. George police officer in trouble. It is...
Midwifery in Missouri Continues to Attract Attention
The fine folks over at the Missouri Political News Service have alerted us that my op-ed from last month, "Missourians...
Clay County Keeps Trying To Do The Right Thing
The three members of the Clay County Commission are fast becoming my favorite local elected officials in Missouri. (Doesn’t everyone...
Messenger Gets the Message on Eminent Domain
Cato Institute scholar and former Show-Me Institute editor Tim Lee e-mailed to make sure we linked to this excellent column...
More Tax Rates in St. Louis County Rolled Back …
More good news rolls in for county taxpayers as political entities around the county continue to do a good job...
Wall Street Journal and Mo’ Better Judges
The Wall Street Journal has a lead editorial today on Missouri’s system of selecting judges, very originally known as "The...
License Me, Please, Please, Please …
According to legend, when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the British military band played "And The World Turned Upside...
School Choice Would Bring Greater Student Diversity
In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school assignments based on race are unconstitutional. The ruling has sparked...
Feedback on Missouri Plan Op-Ed
I have had the pleasure of receiving some great feedback from David Steelman over the past two days about my...
Finally, Missouri Is #1 in Something We Can Be Proud Of …
The Reason Foundaton just released a major report on employment licensure in the United States. The good news, from an...
Talk of the Town
Long time devotes of St. Louis’ fourth estate know that the finest journalism in St. Louis is not provided by...
State vs. State vs. State Ad Nauseum
There is a very reasonable editorial today in the Southeast Missourian (link via John Combest) regarding the tax dispute between...
