Despite years of ever-growing tax giveaways, Missouri’s Year To Date general revenue at the end of May 2017 reported out at 2.6% above the end of May 2016. That’s not enough to meet budget projections yet sufficient to trigger new Read More …
Category: Driving Change
FOCUS 2018: Turn Off FOX News!
Joseph Goebbels and Fox News
Leonard Doob, a Professor of Psychology at Yale University, published “Principles of Goebbels Propaganda” in The Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 14, Number 3 (Autumn 1950) pp. 419-442 in which he identified 19 principles of” dark propaganda” practiced for 12 years Read More …
Why The Electoral College Will Survive
A lot of new faces pop-up at Democratic affairs these days. Twice in the past couple of weeks “new people” have asked “when will we have a direct popular vote for President?” Basically, two Tuesdays after never. Remember, the Founding Read More …
A Lose – Lose Situation: The Missouri Legislature’s Special Session #1
Ever cancel a vacation four days before take-off? Among the crowd of state representatives and senators headed to Jefferson City, I’d bet lunch money that a couple – maybe a couple of handfuls – start the special session upset that Read More …
Kings of Corruption
Historically, two states have been standouts when it comes to corruption. Louisiana. (Think Huey Long, Edward Long, Edwin Edwards and every Insurance Commissioner the state has ever had.) And Illinois. (The Dishonor Roll includes Ron Blagojevic, George Ryan, Dan Walker, Read More …