Enjoy this preview of The Power of the Poor: Leading up to the release of The Power of the Poor, […]
I am definitely with Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser on this one. The Star has the story here. The dispute […]
A contributor to the Freakonomics blog is talking about the effects of licensing on the barber and cosmetology fields in […]
That’s the Tax Foundation’s assessment of sales tax holidays. While I haven’t read the entire study yet, this sentence in […]
This article in the L.A. Times reports on California school districts that are turning to the private sector to make […]
Studies like this do nothing to raise the level of political dialogue in this country. Today, Politico published an article […]
The latest development in the service dog story is that the district will pay half the tuition for the boy […]
One of my favorite newspapers is the Chicago Tribune, but this past weekend they it published a god-awful story about the […]
Jen Roland brought my attention to a terrific series of articles at Technology Liberation Front, about the many problems associated […]
As the Springfield News-Leader reports, Judge Michael Cordonnier of the Greene County Circuit Court handed down a very important decision […]
By way of Cato@Liberty, I found this excellent article by Arianna Huffington in favor of parental choice in education. Before […]
I’m not the only one who quotes poetry after being inspired by the adventures of two teen girls who want […]
Laura Dekker isn’t the only teen whose government is trying to prevent her from achieving her sailing goals. Jessica Watson […]
Brian Moore explains how the president’s remarks to students about personal responsibility call attention to the public school system’s shortcomings: […]
The case still awaits a full court hearing, but, meanwhile, the boy with autism can bring his service dog to […]
Some economists are alarmed about income inequality. They argue that people feel like they’re worse off when others in society […]
The Post-Dispatch‘s Kevin Horrigan had a column several days ago in which he suggested that there is no way private […]
The next Two Million Minutes documentary will be released in one week. You can watch the trailer here. For background […]
By way of Freakonomics, I found this Economist article about a new charter school that includes video games in the […]
Neal McCluskey explains what the president’s speech to students has in common with new math and evolution: It’s something we […]
