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An Education Blog Is Born
27 Nov

An Education Blog Is Born

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

There’s another new Missouri education blog out there, this one courtesy of the Columbia Missourian. In its first few posts, […]

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What Is the Worst Way to Dispose of Extra Budget Money in Jackson County?
27 Nov

What Is the Worst Way to Dispose of Extra Budget Money in Jackson County?

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Transparency

The Kansas City Star has an article on the age-old question of what to do with leftover budget money.  I […]

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“Statistics Are Elusive Things”
26 Nov

“Statistics Are Elusive Things”

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Taxes

Most journalists aren’t number people. If they were, they’d be much less likely to wind up in a profession dominated […]

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Mommy Missouri
26 Nov

Mommy Missouri

Posted by Justin Hauke Free-Market Reform

Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, spoke this month before the Missouri House of Representatives’ […]

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Incentives, Recycling, and Trash
26 Nov

Incentives, Recycling, and Trash

Posted by David Stokes Energy, Municipal Policy

The Kansas City area is addressing the way it handles waste, just as St. Louis County has been doing. Here […]

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Soapbox Gripe
26 Nov

Soapbox Gripe

Posted by Justin Hauke Municipal Policy, Transportation

The National Motorists Association has compiled a state-by-state list of the “Worst Speed Trap Cities” in the country. For Missouri, […]

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Things to Be Thankful For
23 Nov

Things to Be Thankful For

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy

This holiday weekend, let’s be thankful … that we don’t have too many national holidays. We all take a few […]

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Choices for Truants
23 Nov

Choices for Truants

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

From this article in the Post-Dispatch, it’s not clear whether students are being pulled away from school or pushed out […]

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Please Pay Our Tuition
22 Nov

Please Pay Our Tuition

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

My birth cohort, unfortunately also known as the "hand-it-to-me-on-a-silver-platter" generation, is getting involved in politics: The goal is not to […]

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Show-Me Institute Mislabeled, Misidentified, Misconstrued … Again
21 Nov

Show-Me Institute Mislabeled, Misidentified, Misconstrued … Again

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

There’s some discussion over at NCLBlog about research by Show-Me Institute scholar Mike Podgursky that was published in Education Next. […]

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New Bridge to Madison County
21 Nov

New Bridge to Madison County

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

Well, we have a new winner in the "Most obvious reference for a blog post title, ever" contest. Even if […]

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Equivalent to Finding Loose Change in Your Couch
21 Nov

Equivalent to Finding Loose Change in Your Couch

Posted by Justin Hauke Free-Market Reform

There was an interesting (and unusually bipartisan) op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal the other day, touting an extremely […]

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Education Reform in the Private Sector
20 Nov

Education Reform in the Private Sector

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Faithful readers of this blog might be under the impression that St. Louis is always missing the boat on education […]

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Truthiness and School Choice
20 Nov

Truthiness and School Choice

Posted by Dave Roland Education

On Sunday, the Columbia Daily Tribune juxtaposed two columns on school choice: one by David Webber (which Sarah Brodsky already […]

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“Throw Your Hands Up in the Air, and Wave ‘Em Like You Just Don’t Care”
20 Nov

“Throw Your Hands Up in the Air, and Wave ‘Em Like You Just Don’t Care”

Posted by Justin Hauke Uncategorized

Dave is right, crime is a fact. But how it’s measured is a statistic. If an incident involves a burglary, […]

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Justin Channels Stalin
20 Nov

Justin Channels Stalin

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin, aka Koba the Dread "No, […]

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Learn From Others’ Experience With School Choice
20 Nov

Learn From Others’ Experience With School Choice

Posted by Dave Roland Education

On Nov. 6, voters in Utah decided to stay the course with the state’s underachieving educational status quo, voting down […]

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Webber on Public Schools
19 Nov

Webber on Public Schools

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

David Webber, a professor at the University of Missouri, makes some good points in an op-ed about school choice in […]

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No, Crime Statistics Are Statistics, Not Facts
19 Nov

No, Crime Statistics Are Statistics, Not Facts

Posted by Justin Hauke Uncategorized

Not to beat a dead horse here, but I disagree with Dave’s impression of the crime statistics in St. Louis. […]

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Crime Stats Are Facts, Not Opinions
19 Nov

Crime Stats Are Facts, Not Opinions

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

My colleague Justin seems to be attempting, in his prior post, to refute hard numbers with personal experiences, which is […]

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