Readers, commenters, Missourians, lend me your keyboards. What do you think is the most heavily subsidized lifestyle: urban, suburban, exurban, […]
An entertaining AP story reports on the popularity of FarmVille, a game application on Facebook that allows users to manage […]
I really liked this piece by Sen. Jason Crowell in the Southeast Missourian about the proposed property tax increase in […]
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that the First Amendment does […]
Missouri’s law against young people sending text messages while driving is only the beginning. Regulators want to make sure drivers […]
The recent Massachusetts election confirmed the fact that the health care debate is far from over. The people in the […]
Be sure to check out this article by John Eskew of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, about the unionization of home […]
John Combest linked today to a very well-written story by Fox 4 in Kansas City. I commend them for asking […]
I won’t add much to my TIF post from the other day, I just want to note and link to […]
A group of homeschooling parents in Oregon have applied to form a charter school. They want to continue homeschooling, and […]
I’ve criticized the Parents as Teachers program for, among other things, giving services to kids who don’t need help and […]
Do you have plans tonight? The Saint Louis chapter of Liberty on the Rocks is meeting today at 6 p.m. […]
The New York Times has a nice analysis of health care cost control using the insights of economist William Baumol, […]
One objection to open enrollment is that districts would have trouble accommodating changing numbers of students. I explained in this […]
Missouri intends to give only half of its Race to the Top grant, should it receive one, to districts. The […]
Jefferson City has grudgingly lifted its ban on tattoo parlors. They are now legal, but subject to several regulations: The […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute launched four new online tools that enable Missourians to track state spending, employee pay, tax credits, […]
The St. Louis Business-Journal has a story about what one government program has recently done. The Business-Journal article is just […]
All right, so the title of this post is a bit misleading — I just wanted to get as many […]
It would be nice if every person had health insurance that covered every possible medical expense. Unfortunately, that sort of […]
