Some residents of private communities have found that saving the planet conflicts with following their community rules. They want to […]
I’d like to share this editorial on the Tour of Missouri bike race from the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal (link via John […]
Today the Wall Street Journal reports on the latest episode of eminent domain in the courts: New York’s highest court […]
More About Signs
This op-ed in the Post-Dispatch praises billboards and decries billboard bans. While I’m not sure I agree that billboards “are […]
Paul Krugman writes that public-school layoffs bode ill for America’s economy: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United […]
Yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a story about the effort by Realtors to pass an amendment to Missouri’s Constitution that […]
I guess because we are always going somewhere, transit issues never seem to go away. Just today, we have the […]
A Post-Dispatch article about a “Help Wanted” sign provides anecdotal evidence that supports my opinion of permits: Permit requirements are […]
Real-Life Economics in the Kansas City Star
Today’s KC Star has a terrific article about how the economic downturn has impacted people’s day-to-day lives in one very […]
This morning, two U.S. economists, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Both study economic […]
Today, Rik Hafer, chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville and research fellow with the […]
Last night, a school board in Oregon turned down a charter school application because the proposed charter would compete with […]
Breakfast Accountability
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the School District of Philadelphia is going to start evaluating principals by, among other things, […]
A recent news article compared cost and quality of health care across all the states of our country. We are […]
Know Your Farmer Video
I didn’t have a video to share when I blogged last week about the USDA’s live Facebook chat. Now, the […]
The Springfield News-Leader has a story today about urban gardening. Here’s how a member of a task force explains the […]
Ethanol on My Mind
I have been thinking about ethanol lately because the hotel with which our office building shares a parking garage seems […]
Lest anyone think I’m trying to pick on Oregon when I write about its nonsensical charter school application process, let […]
Aristotle said that “Education is the best provision for old age,” and I believe that this insight applies to both […]
Midwives, breastfeeding mothers, and now school nurses: They are all claimed to be indispensable when disaster strikes. Nurses are in […]
