“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” — Wendell Phillips   Our nation’s Founding Fathers understood the consequences of a power-hungry government and designed a government in which citizens could be free and not under the watch of a domineering regime. The threat to liberty was spotlighted this week as the Senate discussed alleged unlawful actions taken by the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR), which has been accused...

President Ronald Reagan once said, “Man is not free unless government is limited.” The best service government can provide for its citizens is to stand back and let the people thrive. When the federal government steps beyond its bounds and initiates excessive regulations, the people begin to feel suffocated and cannot reach their full potential. We need to do what we can to promote and protect the vision our Founding Fathers had for us —...

In spite of a string of winter weather that left much of the Show-Me State under ice and snow, the Missouri Senate worked through the night on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning debating a measure (SB 120) addressing tax credits. I respect the value of your tax dollars, and I want Missouri’s tax policies to encourage prosperity, rather than dependency. Manipulating a project’s economics with special interest tax policy works against economic...

“Without ample supplies of energy to defend liberty and to inspire and support innovation, a society is restricted to serfdom and barbarism; their sure destiny is third-world status.” — Anonymous Prosperity and electricity consumption are allies. As one of the most prosperous nations in the world, our country is also among the most energy intensive, ranking seventh in per capita electricity consumption behind countries like Iceland,...

“What we know does not help until we know right from wrong.” —Anonymous The latest innovation to address the goal of improving public education is called the Common Core State Standards Initiative, also referred to as “Common Core.” There is room for honest disagreement on its potential, but my view is that Common Core is a decisive, if not calculated, move toward a one-size-fits-all curriculum directed by the federal government. In...

“Bad ideas are removed not by assassination but by reason.” Anonymous Several job creation bills have been filed in the Missouri House and Senate, addressing labor organizations and practices. These measures are often termed “Right to Work” laws, but are more accurately described as “freedom to work laws.” Just this week, a Missouri House committee heard legislation regarding a freedom to work bill; the hearing was so crowded that,...