I recommend this article in today’s Wall Street Journal about English education in China. Many Chinese children attend English-language classes […]
I just read this article about a proposal for state agencies to encourage patients in Missouri to sign end-of-life directives. […]
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch outlines a health care proposal that passed the Missouri Senate last week. Like […]
I had pretty much spent the day researching airport privatization, with KMOX playing in my office (I love streaming radio), […]
The Show-Me Institute has a very limited number of spaces available for its summer internship program, and applications are due […]
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Democrats for Education Reform meeting held at Harris Stowe University. The […]
Show-Me Institute board member Bevis Schock has an insightful article in the St. Louis Beacon about deregulating the taxicab industry […]
The top headline on the Chronicle‘s website is that a husband had to deliver a baby at home because there […]
When I saw this link on Edspresso, I thought, “Great. The federal government is, as usual, telling the states how […]
Knowledge Is Power
It’s a familiar story: a gifted public school teacher comes up with a new way to motivate or teach students, […]
This is well-intentioned, but it’s not enough. The Grade reports on Rep. Ted Hoskins’ proposal to “require accredited school districts […]
Concealed Carry on Campus
Katy Steinmetz responds in the comments to my post about concealed carry: The point is that carrying guns around is […]
In the past several years, St. Louis Public Schools has been forced to consider selling dozens of its former school […]
We may have to even call it a “very small” step, but nonetheless the idea is slowly moving forward. Prime […]
St. Louisans Should Support the Zoo!
I love zoos. Some of my fondest memories of my youth are of my trips to the zoos in Knoxville, […]
Happy Tax Day
If you would like to join with many other Missourians in discussing your opinion of growing deficits and rampant spending […]
I liked Sen. Joan Bray’s original proposal to expand the St. Louis Zoo-Museum taxing district. I liked it because it […]
I hadn’t seen this when I wrote about concealed carry earlier today. It’s commentary from David Rittgers of Cato about […]
The Post-Dispatch reports on a proposed minimum wage cap that would apply to tipped workers, like waiters in restaurants. The […]
I swear that if you read this article in the Star while imagining that you are Norm MacDonald impersonating Bob Dole, […]
