Florida has expanded its statewide scholarship program to provide school choice options for low-income children. That state’s governor, Charlie Crist, […]
I think it is great that the candidates for the open congressional seat in Southwest Missouri are having an ongoing […]
A Charter School After My Own Heart; And, Public Service Academy Sighting?
Now, this is my kind of charter school. Actually, I don’t know much about American Indian Public Charter — and […]
My last post responding to charter school criticisms elicited even more criticisms, so it’s time for another installment in the […]
The Wall Street Journal ran an excellent editorial yesterday, by Brendan Miniter, pointing out that school choice has become a […]
Yesterday, Andrew J. Coulson — director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom — wrote in the Washington Examiner: […]
Great News From Arizona
I’ve discovered (via the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice) that the Grand Canyon State has approved legislation expanding school choice. […]
The Schnucks grocery chain faces some tough challenges regarding its plans to open a store in a Ballwin neighborhood, as a growing […]
One issue we have talked about here before is the pervasive and unfortunate practice of governments hiring lobbyists to lobby […]
David Stokes and I just attended the weekly Board of Aldermen meeting for St. Louis city. It was actually quite […]
Development Without Eminent Domain
The Post-Dispatch ran an article today discussing the construction of Centene’s new headquarters building here in Clayton. As the article […]
Two and a half years ago, while I worked for the Cascade Policy Institute, I was lucky enough to be […]
The Value of Networking
An article I wrote for the latest issue of Atlas Highlights, published by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, is now […]
Andrew Coulson is blogging about interior design regulation. I highly recommend the Reason video at the end of his post, […]
Remedial Courses
Just two days after the New York Times published an article about teenagers sending tens of thousands of text messages […]
The St. Louis Beacon reports that concealed carry will be legal on the Arch grounds this coming February. This policy […]
Histrionics
A journalist is convicted of espionage by a foreign nation after a short, secret trial. She starts a hunger strike […]
Since its inception, the Show-Me Institute’s scholars have made a point of opposing “corporate welfare.” As pointed out in the […]
Green Economics
This is a follow-up to my last green jobs post. Matthew Kahn, green economist par excellence, asks some questions about […]
This Is What I Meant
When I said we should stay calm about education, this is the kind of unnecessary panic I was warning against. […]
