With 100 percent of the vote in, we have the results. 13,614 Total Votes Cast 13,424 people voted on Prop […]
Two Silly Banana Stories
First, at least one school district is encouraging parents to give their kids bananas to improve their MAP test scores: […]
My list is mainly focused on St. Louis County, but you are encouraged to add other important races around the state […]
People in Franklin County will vote on a proposed charter tomorrow, and the Show-Me Institute has released two op-eds on […]
The above song title (switching out “Springfield” and “D.C. Property Tax” for “Mobile” and “Memphis,” of course) was the answer […]
With more than 100,000 people, Franklin County is the only large county in the Saint Louis metropolitan area lacking a […]
Government Layoffs in Saint Louis
There have been two recent examples of significant government employee layoffs in the Saint Louis area — if you count […]
I think this is a really good idea. Not only could a reality show defray the costs of caring for […]
Please be sure to check out this awesome video about unnecessary interior design restrictions. It focuses on Florida, but Missouri […]
This photo in the Post-Dispatch may not rank up there with Dave Drebes’ posting of a fundraising flyer that revealed […]
A Laptop on Every Desk
Rural Missouri has an article about the Knob Noster School District and its use of computers in the classroom. Here […]
Show-Me Institute intern Phil Eckelkamp and I are going to be on the Diane Jones Show tomorrow (Friday) morning at […]
Give and Take
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an interesting story about property rights and annexation in O’Fallon, Mo. It focuses on residents […]
Condescending?
I spotted a recent letter in the Post-Dispatch, responding to David Stokes’ earlier article about the proposed repeal of the […]
Last night on Bill Maher’s show, I watched Salman Rushdie try to answer the host’s question about how Barack Obama’s […]
The Missourian reports on raw milk and farmers who are threatened by regulation: Vimont was one of seven farmers to […]
Metro Cuts Take Effect
Metro, as previously announced, made cuts to its service yesterday. Bus service will be reduced by 44 percent, MetroLink by 32 […]
This post in Political Fix immediately reminded me of this classic Onion article. Sometimes government officials have no idea how funny […]
The St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, which I mentioned in this op-ed about charter schools and foreign language instruction, have […]
Lions and Tigers and Bears
Katy Steinmetz writes about exotic pets in the Missourian. She comes down squarely on the side of the St. Louis […]
