In this article from Missouri Life, “The Tribes of Missouri, Part 1: When the Osage & Missouria Reigned,” the author Ron Soodalter barely hints that the Osage and Missouria people are living people who maintain relationships with Missouri.
Admittedly, the focus of the article is historical. The Osage Nation has very competent academically-trained historians and archaeologists…

In 2010, Advocates in Minnesota, planned to have supporters wear buttons to the polls printed with the words “Please I. D. Me,” a picture of an eye, and a telephone number and web address for Advocates. (Minnesota law does not require individuals to show identification to vote.)  One of the Advocates also planned to wear…

Regulation of providers of local services–barbers, real estate brokers, taxi cabs, etc.–is traditionally a function of state and local governments. Not discerning any great effect on interstate commerce (i. e., no significant campaign contributions), the United States Congress has stayed out of this field.
Many economists and politicians, especially those with a libertarian bent, wonder…

Nyhavn Waterfront, Copenhagen. Niels Bosboom via Wikimedia Commons.

I say all the time that we aren’t building rockets here.  But we are building a ship, and a leaky ship means that your people could not possibly reach North America from Europe.  Do it the right way, and you’re the…

Parliament House, Victoria, British Columbia.

We aren’t building rockets here.  But we are building a canoe of sorts, and a leaky canoe means you won’t make it upriver to see the big hockey game, eh?  Serving U.S. process in Canada is subject to the strictures of the Hague Service Convention, and that…