Government Spending
Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
[This post was originally written for my employer’s blog, Show-Me Daily.] One of the top stories in the Post-Dispatch today reports that registered sex offenders will be closely monitored by increased police presence on Halloween. There are some problems with sex offender registration as a whole, so it may not be worth the increased police … Continue reading
Health Is a Right; Health Care Is Not
[This post was originally written for my employer’s blog, Show-Me Daily.] There’s a nice short article on KOMU Channel 8’s website advocating increased public funding for health care in Missouri. Now, I am not a monster. I do think it would be better if more people had better health care — but I am not … Continue reading
Stock Slump Provides Bridge to Cheaper Gas
[This post was originally written for my employer’s blog, Show-Me Daily.] The stock market troubles that have made the front page of CNN’s website almost every day for the last two weeks (at least) are fairly generally accepted to be part of a national economic slowdown, which is almost certainly much older than the recent … Continue reading