Topic: University of Missouri-St. Louis

Supreme Court must rule: Obamacare sets dangerous precedent for freedom

With the Supreme Court set to examine Obama's Affordable Care Act, more than the health-care law hangs in the balance. If the court says the Constitution's Commerce Clause justifies the law's 'individual mandate,' government can essentially make people do whatever it wants.

Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Main Street

Occupy Wall Street protests spread to cities across the United States Thursday, including St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Wall Street protestors were arrested in St. Louis.

Why Congress should not extend unemployment benefits

President Obama wants Congress to again extend unemployment benefits. That's a hard request to resist, politically. But the economic impact of extending jobless benefits is that wages will not fall quickly enough to create more jobs.

Dougherty Gang: Amid hail of bullets, fugitive family caught in Colorado

Guns blazing, the three Florida siblings of the Dougherty Gang embarked on week-long cross-country flight before crashing during a high-speed chase on Wednesday in Colorado, police say.

How to reform Medicare with faith in market principles – including vouchers

As Americans debate proposals to reform Medicare, they should know that all of them involve trade-offs. Where the current system and the Paul Ryan plan fall short, a true voucher system provides choice, coverage, and cost-efficiency.

Global leadership: Voters launch a power surge of women

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff is the latest in a power surge of women in global leadership positions.

Health cooperatives: a fast lane to nationalized health care

Healthcare crisis solved (with vouchers)

They helped end hunger in America. Applied to healthcare, they could cover the uninsured yet keep government from taking over.