Metro Plans Unfair Fares?
In the past week, Saint Louis’ transit agency Metro has held meetings to discuss a proposed fare increase on Metrobus...
Public Employee Pensions Are Great . . . Except When They Aren’t
When people hear the word “pension,” they often think “retirement security.” That is the idea of a public employee pension...
The Effects Of A Minimum Wage Increase
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a letter from scholars at the Show-Me Institute arguing that raising the minimum...
Current Teacher Pension Systems Impose A “Tariff” On Labor
As first appearing in TeacherPensions.org on 25 Feb, 2014, and Education Next on 26 Feb, 2014: In Missouri, students in...
Education Savings Accounts Are Good For Kids
On Feb. 24, the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger published an editorial supporting the establishment of education savings accounts (ESA) in the Magnolia...
The School Funding Shell Game
Many proposals are being floated around Jefferson City to fix the student transfer issue. Some of the proposals are no...
Show-Me Institute Supports Strong Pensions For All Teachers
The Springfield News-Leader ran an incorrect version of this op-ed on December 13, 2013. Here is James Shuls’ original version:...
South County Connector Is Opportunity For Transportation Innovation
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 21, 2013: “Thinking outside of the box” is viewed positively,...
South County Connector Is Opportunity For Transportation Innovation
The Show-Me Institute has long supported market-based solutions to infrastructure projects in Missouri, including using tolls to pay for new...
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry Guilty of “Stealing” Missouri Jobs?
As appearing in the Springfield News-Leader on October 23, 2013: If “stealing jobs” were as bad as — and essentially...
Is Common Core A ‘Victory For Everyone’?
On Tuesday, Chester Finn and Mike Petrilli, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, had an op-ed supporting the Common Core...
Is St. Louis the next Detroit? (Not in my view)
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on August 16, 2013: When the St. Louis Cardinals played the Detroit...
The Blind Men And School Funding
Many people know the story of the blind men and the elephant. As the story goes, several blind men each...
School Transfers, Follow The Money
Following the advice of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts...
Dismantling The Post-Dispatch’s Piece About Education (Part 4 of 4)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board recently issued an opinion piece riddled with errors, faulty assumptions, and half-truths. This post...
Dismantling The Post-Dispatch’s Piece About Education (Part 3 of 4)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board recently issued an opinion piece riddled with errors, faulty assumptions, and half-truths. This post...
Dismantling The Post-Dispatch’s Piece About Education (Part 2 of 4)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board recently issued an opinion piece riddled with errors, faulty assumptions, and half-truths. This post...
Dismantling The Post-Dispatch’s Piece About Education (Part 1 of 4)
After reading “Reality of school funding in Missouri? It gets worse every year” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board,...
Going Pee-Wee: Missouri Dailies ‘Boldly’ ‘Eviscerate’ Tax Cut, Laud Veto
As expected, the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch have come down in support of the governor’s veto of...
Reform City Manager Rules In Missouri
As published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Mike Royko’s classic book Boss, about Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (the first...
