Texas is attempting to address its long-term transportation planning needs in a fairly radical way. "Radical" often has a negative […]
It appears that some students over at the University of Missouri?Columbia still have a lot to learn. Mizzou’s student newspaper, […]
Schoolhouse Talk links to a story in the Columbia Missourian about 6th-grade public school students learning Chinese. The kids learned […]
On Wednesday, Macy’s Department Stores announced that it will cut 850 jobs and close its Midwest regional headquarters in St. […]
Some people scoffed when I complained last year that encouraging schoolchildren to lobby will lead to a lot of frivolous […]
More accurately, the title of this entry should read, "Stokes Posts Blog Post About Bail Bondsmen," but titles should be […]
I’m sorry to have missed this story over the weekend, but it’s definitely worth noting. Janese Heavin lifted the curtain […]
This morning, it was all supposed to be over. Two candidates were promised to rise above the masses and act […]
At the risk of beating a dead horse, for the record, I’d like to disagree with Justin’s disagreement with my […]
As I recently noted, Kansas City’s new interim superintendent is Dr. John Martin, who served as the deputy superintendent for […]
It’s Super Tuesday, so I hope that sometime before, after, or while you’re actually reading this (hooray for iPhones) you’ve […]
Following Nick’s lead, I would like to add my own soapbox commentary on election-day voting rights. Over the past week, […]
The Webster-Kirkwood Times has some commentary on Senate Bill 711, which would eliminate the property tax loophole that allows taxing […]
In honor of Tuesday’s presidential primaries here in Missouri, I’ll be running a bit of a series this week related […]
MIdwives make an appearance in the Kansas City Star: What if hospitals are overwhelmed by casualties, disease or infection? Many […]
We have discussed the St. Louis County trash collection proposal numerous times on this blog, and I have officially run […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article today on how the decline in home values may or may not result […]
The debate with Sol Stern over education reform has taken a poetical turn. Andrew Coulson parodies the Pirates of Penzance […]
All apologies to Robert Frost for the title, but the rest of the Show-Me Institute staff is in the process […]
I respectfully, yet strongly, disagree with my colleague Dave Roland’s post yesterday on changes to the initiative petition/constitutional amendment rules […]
