Nuclear Energy Is a Bipartisan Solution
As the new year approaches and a new presidential administration prepares to take office, we may see significant changes in...
Taking Stock of Inflation and the Recent Fed Pause
The Federal Reserve announced last week that it was pausing its campaign of inflation-fighting interest rate hikes, leaving the target...
Debt Ceiling Deal Q&A
After a whirlwind period of tense negotiations, the House of Representatives and White House agreed this week on raising the...
Podcast: Discount Drugs and a Broken Program with Bill Smith
Over the past decade, the revenue for hospitals generated by the federal 340B drug discount program, initially intended to serve...
Short-Term Medical Insurance Makes the News Again
Jim Spencer at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune recently wrote about U.S. Senate opponents of short-term medical (STM) plans attempting yet again...
The Asterisk in Streetcar Reporting
Bill Turque over at The Kansas City Star wrote the standard piece on this week’s streetcar extension vote, and gave...
The Supreme Court Can Put a Nail in the Anti-Catholic Coffin
This week, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case out of our own backyard that wrestles with a...
Leadership Lessons from Attila the Hen: Margaret Thatcher on Europe-and the United States
It was a vintage if ill-advised display of firmness. A quarter of a century ago, Margaret Thatcher threw the British...
Killing the Golden Goose: How Walmart’s Left-Wing Critics Destroy Job Creation
Under three different CEOs, Wal-Mart has done all kinds of somersaults to appease left-wing critics. In 2005, Lee Scott set...
White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged
Last week the White House released a report titled, “Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid.”...
Funny-But-Not-So-Funny Update On Columbia Airport
Columbia is forging ahead with plans to create a new passenger terminal, despite a significant drop in airline service. Here...
Picking Winners and Losers Using Health Care Regulation
Typically, when I discuss how government picks winners and losers in the marketplace, it’s in the context of targeted tax...
Is Debt in the CARDs for You?
Last month, the CARD (Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure) Act went into effect, after having been signed into law...
Districts Plan for Sept. 8 Speech
School districts across Missouri — in Columbia, Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis — are preparing for the president’s Sept....
Pork vs. Earmarks: What’s the Difference?
I think it is great that the candidates for the open congressional seat in Southwest Missouri are having an ongoing...
The U.S Postal Service is Privatizing
An article in the Kansas City Star today discusses the move by the U.S Postal Service to privatize some of...
