Spending Spree: The Bipartisan Assault That is Killing The Constitutional Cap on the Growth of Tennessee's State Budget
A 2005 research paper on the failure of Tennessee's constitutional limit on spending to actually reign in spending, and proposals for reforms. [6-page PDF file]

The Case for a Real Tennessee Taxpayers Bill of Rights
A white paper on constitutional limits on taxing and spending, and why the time is right for such a law in Tennessee.

Get a Trustworthy Government
This column was published in The Tennessean in January 2003. A similar column of mine was published in the December 22, 2002, Memphis Commercial Appeal but is not available online except here in my blog archives.

2002 Nashville City Paper Columns
Tennessee's Chicken Little insists sky still falling Jan. 3
Daschle gambles economy is bigger than war Jan. 10
Hilleary dodges friendly fire Jan. 17
Let's wait on the budget decision Jan. 24
Tax reform we need within grasp Jan. 31
Governor wants you to look at the bunny Feb. 7
Roping in Enron scandal: Critics' charges hollow Feb. 14
Presto! Neel removes key revenue figure Feb. 21
Finally, there's a chance for a good hunting 'DOG' Feb. 28
Big Boom Theory: Recovery may beat expectations March 7
Pay-as-we-go roads: map to economic mediocrity March 14
Spending cuts now may lessen future deficits March 21
Income tax would do harm to state March 28
Franklin office performance is license for change April 4
Non-recession proves we don't need income tax April 11
Tennessee near bottom in e-commerce study April 19
TennCare must go away soon April 26
Naifeh tax would fuel unwanted spending spree May 2

2001 Nashville City Paper Columns
Why Nashvillians should oppose commuter rail Jan. 8
Sayonara, Service Merchandise Feb. 15
Baby steps: Sundquist admits a surplus Feb. 18
Break the Gaylord agreement now Feb. 25
Buy.com's struggles hit home Feb. 16
The call of the wild says, 'Drill for oil' Feb. 20
New budget, same old lies Feb. 23
Oh Atlanta! Thank you very much! March 1
Gov. Don Sundquist's fuzzy math March 8
Bohemians give Nashville a high-tech edge March 16
Memphis promise may block Gov's tax increase March 29
Making policy through winks and nods April 5
Will ploys to lure California businesses work? April 12
Metro's living wage is a lousy idea April 19
Living wage research is flawed, vague April 26
Understanding the Connecticut tax myth May 3
Hospitals and HMOs play 'chicken' game May 10
State funding board missing the mark May 17
Adding up the cost of the politicians' lies May 31
It's time for state to reform unemployment June 7
Credibility, trust and unanswered questions June 14
What Canada's healthcare system can teach us June 21
Sales job: Despite claims, sales tax is elastic June 28
Feds halt Sundquist's Medicaid scheme July 6
Zoom zoom zoom: State's spending boom July 12
Tennesseans organized their own tea party July 19
Bond rating talk overblown, follow Cajun lead July 27
Bredesen, not Hilleary, winning the tax debate August 2
Taxing food ? and other tidbits and morsels August 9
Online taxes have another side August 16
Finding common ground on taxes August 23
Tennessee should consider taxpayer rights bill August 30
To governor, unspent money is a budget 'cut' Sept. 6
Where were you when the world changed? Sept. 13
It isn't business as usual anymore Sept. 21
Beware of study citing 'lost' revenue Oct. 4
Tennessee should redo drivers' license policy Oct. 11
We needs some leaders in Tennessee, not looters Oct. 18
'Puzzled' economist Fox can't find acorn Oct. 25
Give Red Cross your blood, not your money Nov. 1
Drilling in ANWR will help United States Nov. 8
Tax cuts are less important than you having tax control Nov. 15
How we can save Tennessee from 'sinking' Nov. 21
Has GOP's Hilleary made gaffe on Internet taxes? Nov. 30
Labor supports amnesty; Kisber for higher taxes Dec. 6
Get ready for the Internet boom Dec. 13
The recession's end will aid the state budget Dec. 21

Other Columns
New Clinton healthcare proposal rife with ironies NBJ, Feb. 16, 1998
Preservationists had chance to save Jacksonian long before now NBJ, June 8, 1998