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Slow News Day
29 Oct

Slow News Day

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

While my colleagues are blogging about beauty pageant winners, the Desperate Housewives TV show, and Panera Bread, I thought I […]

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Judicial Elections and Parkland Sales
29 Oct

Judicial Elections and Parkland Sales

Posted by David Stokes Courts

The Arch City Chronicle links to two stories, one from Detroit and one from DC, on issues of interest to […]

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Great Ideas in History, St. Charles-Style
29 Oct

Great Ideas in History, St. Charles-Style

Posted by David Stokes Education

The Beer Theory of Civilization, which is an actual theory in which I believe wholeheartedly, has taken a giant step […]

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Desperate Houseblog
29 Oct

Desperate Houseblog

Posted by David Stokes Property Rights

Perhaps Ron Paul really is having an impact. Last night on Desperate Housewives (which my wife was watching while I […]

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Trashy Quotes
29 Oct

Trashy Quotes

Posted by Justin Hauke Uncategorized

I’m not going to discuss the merits/drawbacks of the new St. Louis Country solid waste disposal proposal, but I will […]

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Boston Bread Co.?
29 Oct

Boston Bread Co.?

Posted by Justin Hauke Uncategorized

Panera Bread has announced that it may relocate its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to Boston when its corporate leases […]

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Empowering Parents to Seek Out Adequate Education
29 Oct

Empowering Parents to Seek Out Adequate Education

Posted by Dave Roland Education

  As was widely expected, last week a circuit court judge denied several school districts’ claims of constitutional entitlement to […]

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Competition to the Rescue
28 Oct

Competition to the Rescue

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Free-Market Reform

We often hear about escalating health care costs, and policymakers debate what the state should do about it. Here’s some […]

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Wonder Twins Powers, Activate: Mass Transit Vote!
26 Oct

Wonder Twins Powers, Activate: Mass Transit Vote!

Posted by David Stokes Taxes, Transportation

Mass Transit Tax Proposal takes form of: half-cent sales tax increase (or perhaps a caterpillar?). St. Louis County voters likely […]

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Eminent Domain Harms Poor Residents
26 Oct

Eminent Domain Harms Poor Residents

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Property Rights

I’ve been remiss in pointing out this article at The American by our former editor, Tim Lee, about how eminent […]

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A Tax Activist Is Born
25 Oct

A Tax Activist Is Born

Posted by David Stokes Education, Taxes

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a story today, via Combest, on St. Louis County’s newly born property tax reform group, […]

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Public School Successes Exist; You Just Have to Know Where to Look
25 Oct

Public School Successes Exist; You Just Have to Know Where to Look

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

While the MSBA was too busy attacking the competition to notice this, I found a public school success story. Governor […]

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The MSBA on Parental Choice
24 Oct

The MSBA on Parental Choice

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

The MSBA is blogging away … telling us about the successes of public schools in Missouri, right? Well, not quite. […]

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Dentist Chains Self to Building to Resist Sirens of Arnold
24 Oct

Dentist Chains Self to Building to Resist Sirens of Arnold

Posted by David Stokes Property Rights

Not really, but I like the image. Dr. Homer Tourkakis’ fight to keep his dentistry practice going at the location […]

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Watch for Falling Taxes
24 Oct

Watch for Falling Taxes

Posted by Justin Hauke Taxes

A front page article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal detailed (and criticized) Wal-Mart’s aggressive accounting methods, designed to minimize its […]

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MSBA Joins the Blogosphere
23 Oct

MSBA Joins the Blogosphere

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

I see, by way of Combest, that the Missouri School Boards’ Association has started a blog. One of its stated […]

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Liberty Should Consider Privatization, Not Tax Increases for Utilities
23 Oct

Liberty Should Consider Privatization, Not Tax Increases for Utilities

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy

Liberty, Mo. (Clay County), is considering raising utility fees, aka taxes, on its citizens as part of its 2008 budget. […]

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CARR Training Returns Home to Missouri
22 Oct

CARR Training Returns Home to Missouri

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Uncategorized

Along with David Stokes, I had the pleasure of attending two all-day sessions training Missouri broadcasters how to use the […]

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Missouri School Districts Gamble … and Lose
22 Oct

Missouri School Districts Gamble … and Lose

Posted by Joseph Haslag Courts, Education

On October 17, Judge Richard G. Callahan rendered a decision in the case brought by many of Missouri’s school districts […]

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Missouri in High Immortal Verse
22 Oct

Missouri in High Immortal Verse

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

Regular readers of this blog know that I like to include references to literature in the titles of my posts. […]

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