New Member of the Show-Me Institute Family

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By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

In honor of the birth of my son, Ryan Parker Stokes, this past Friday, I present to you this beautiful piece about the future of the United States, titled “A child born in America today,” which was conveniently enough written just a few weeks ago. Actually, as you will realize as soon as you start reading it, it is not a beautiful piece — it is just some worthless drivel written as utopian fantasy by some 19-year-old statist:

A child born in America tonight deserves to be safe and free at the same time.

But when these two values come into conflict, guess which one will always have to give way first in order to build the perfect proletarian state? It is just so disheartening to read the writings of a young man who thinks the highest achievement in life is full-throttle government protection and care for everyone. (I highly recommend the comment below the piece, though.)

But mom and baby are both healthy and doing great, which is the most important thing!

About the Author

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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