Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, who has been spreading free-market wisdom all over the television and radio as of […]
Saint Louis County Creatively Circumvents Taxpayer Vote
Saint Louis County is using stimulus funds to get around the results of the Nov. 2008 election, when a $120 […]
Building a Light-Rail System to Nowhere
At the aforementioned forum/debate on Proposition A, which would establish a new half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other […]
Here’s another blog post that describes someone’s Parents as Teachers experience. This one was written by a woman who’s expecting […]
If you believe in the value of local food, this is the way to go. An Affton couple turned their […]
Arguments Against Federal and State Assistance for Public Works Projects Like Proposition A
Yesterday, I attended a forum/debate on Proposition A, the proposed half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other Metro services. Speaking […]
Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA
Today’s KC Star is reporting on a hearing in Jefferson City in which sporting event promoters are attempting to get […]
The response to the Census Bureau’s YouTube clips has been mixed. Some videos attracted a lot of hits; others were […]
The Standards Dilemma
National education standards pose a problem for states that have high standards already. If they replace their state standards with […]
Remember the proposed charter school I wrote about last month? The school planned to focus on Hebrew language instruction, while […]
I learned from this blog post that Parents as Teachers offers infant massage classes. I can’t be sure, but based […]
The Show-Me Institute has officially moved its offices into the city of Saint Louis. Personally speaking, it is nice to […]
Wyoming now allows certified midwives to oversee home births. Before, only nurse midwives were permitted to work in homes. See […]
When Advocates for Subsidies Say “Local,” They Mean “A Short Distance Away”
This article about local food in San Francisco illustrates the problems with subsidizing food production on pricey urban real estate. […]
Uniform Standards Would Make Education Research More Difficult
A New York Times editorial celebrates national standards as if they were the pot of gold at the end of […]
Forum on Proposed Metro Bus and Light Rail Tax in St. Louis County
I’d just like to quickly promote the upcoming forum/debate on the proposed half-cent Metro tax for buses and light rail […]
Negative Unintended Consequences of Corn Ethanol Production Incentives
This month, the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute released its 2010 US Baseline Briefing Book (PDF). […]
“Innovative Schools”
Mississippi’s state legislature is revising a bill that, if passed into law, would allow some traditional public schools to convert […]
This article in the Post-Dispatch identifies a regulatory barrier to opening birth centers in Missouri: Another challenge in Missouri is […]
On Monday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran this opinion piece discussing the amount of public health spending by state. The […]
