I’ve complained in the past about Missouri’s system of occupational licensure, which requires manicurists, martial arts judges, and lots of […]
Education Tall Tales
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article this morning detailing a study by the Washington-based Center on Education Policy, which […]
Money Well Spent?
I guess I can’t really blame school administrators for their perspective from the losing end of this summer’s school funding […]
Lest anyone thought I had forgotten about the midwives, here’s another update. OK, not exactly an update, because the only […]
The St. Louis Public Schools’ problems have been in the news a lot lately. In particular, students’ reading and math […]
An article in the New York Times describes private preschools that offer language immersion programs for kids: Ms. Kinsale says […]
Governor Blunt has launched a loan program (article via Mr. Husband-to-be) for students interested in going into large animal veterinary […]
When the Missouri General Assembly reconvenes in January, true education reform should be at the top of its agenda. Missourians, […]
One of the most important reasons for having representative government is so that if the people don’t like the way […]
Revealed Preferences in Voting
The Missouri Ethics Committee announced today that it will delay a decision on how to enforce July’s Supreme Court ruling […]
The Post-Dispatch has a great article this morning about the success of “Big Picture” schools in educating students who had […]
Post-Dispatch Says Same Thing That I Did … Pretty Neat, Huh?
In this morning’s editorial (that would be Thursday), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called for legislation that would lower the percent […]
Whatever the question is for Missouri, more government entities are not going to be the answer. The Springfield News-Leader has […]
People still do this in rural Missouri? I thought all the criminals had moved onto meth. … I am sure […]
WWJR; or, Building Codes Come to Christian County
No, this is not going to be a post opposed to basic building codes. Sorry to disappoint you, my libertarian […]
The Post-Dispatch reported in an article today that an estimated 6,000 children in St. Louis are being homeschooled. Homeschooling is […]
Imagine The New York Times running a column that supports arguments for greater school choice! It happened yesterday, with a […]
Yesterday, Delmar Boulevard in University City was named by the American Planning Association as one of 10 Great Streets in […]
Back in March, the Post-Dispatch published a letter from an annoyed outstate Missourian, complaining that St. Louis is wasting the […]
Today’s Post-Dispatch has an article on sobriety checkpoints in North St. Louis County. Issues such as the heavy use of […]
