Missouri Sen. Scott Rupp, for his recently introduced bill that seeks to end cyberbullying in the wake of the tragic […]
In the latest proof that foolishness knows no party, Bill Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger have teamed up to write about […]
The Kansas City Star has a preview of tonight’s State of the Union speech, which I will tune in to […]
The Kansas City School District is (once again) stumbling down the path (recently blazed by the Saint Louis School District) […]
The Show-Me Institute’s study on light rail proposals for Kansas City certainly received a good deal of attention yesterday. Many […]
A front-page story in this morning’s Post-Dispatch details the delays that have plagued the Ballpark Village development in downtown St. […]
It’s disturbing to think of nursing home abuse. Many of us have elderly family members or friends living in assisted-living […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "Review of Kansas City Transit Plans," by Randal O’Toole. The study […]
Do we need to panic about Chinese education? This organization thinks so: The message is clear: While Americans are partying, […]
A Georgia public school district has implemented the “Learn and Earn” program, a program which pays students approximately $8/hour to […]
Sol Stern writes in the City Journal that school choice is dead and we should focus on instructional reform. Basically, […]
While today’s news is mostly dominated by depression, in the form of finances, film, and the city of St. Charles […]
There is nothing on earth better than Rocky Mountain skiing in enormous amounts of fresh snow. But now that I […]
The Post-Dispatch ran a two-part article this this weekend (and this morning) on Missouri’s midwifery battle. The casual reader may […]
I wrote last month about a school district that rewards good grades with meals from McDonald’s. Now McDonald’s has ended […]
The Post-Dispatch ran a human interest piece this morning on Eric Johnson, an elementary math teacher in the St. Louis […]
A bill which would offer a sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances has been proposed in the General Assembly. The […]
Edudiva discovers compensating wage differentials: I wondered if the maximum salary was tied to the median income level of the […]
We’ve seen that cruel people can use the Internet to harass others. It turns out that stupid people even use […]
This morning, the Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Arnold v. Tourkakis, an eminent domain case that’s […]
