KOMU reports on kids who are trying to learn English in Columbia, Missouri: "He spends an hour a day in […]
I’m Thinking of a State …
An op-ed in the Lake Sun Leader imagines a better Missouri: Imagine businesses operating as responsible partners in making Missouri […]
Books are Burning
The Post-Dispatch reports that a used book store owner in Kansas City, unable to unload his thousands of warehoused books, […]
O’Fallon, MO, is seeking to annex the Busch Wildlife Area. This would put one of the state’s parkland and wildlife […]
In today’s St. Louis Business Journal, an article points out that Missouri is failing in pursuing comprehensive eminent domain reform. […]
Over at Statehousecall.org, John Graham links to his new index ranking states on "health care ownership." Missouri comes in 32nd. […]
An article in MissouriNet today discusses the new MO HealthNet plan and the challenges it still faces: MO Health Net, […]
How High is the Bar?
The New York Times reports on state education standards and discusses the disparities between them: For example, an eighth grader […]
An editorial in the Columbia Daily Tribune deplores a new rule requiring ethanol to be mixed in with gasoline starting […]
The latest issue of St. Louis Business Journal has an op-ed by Show-Me Institute research fellow R.W. Hafer. An excerpt: […]
Missouri Term Limits
Yesterday in the Columbia Daily Tribune, columnist J. Scott Christianson had a few unpleasant things to say about an organization […]
Faint Praise
A few days ago, at the Laissez Faire Books blog, David M. Brown added a cautionary note to my May […]
Books or Wine?
An editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today is right on the point in discussing the inherent failures of school […]
A letter in the Post-Dispatch criticizes the St. Louis School Board for awarding a no-bid contract to bash the charter […]
Beef and Pork Shouldn’t Mix
In MissouriNet today, an article notes there could be a new tax break for beef producers if Gov. Blunt signs […]
Au Contraire
Rep. Brian Nieves has an op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader in which he defends his proposal to require using English […]
An editorial in the Post-Dispatch today chastises the St. Louis School Board for wasting money on a PR campaign against […]
With the signing of H.B. 818 into law this past Friday, Missouri is now the first state in the nation […]
We’re constantly reminded by the media that health care is in a crisis in the United States. Too few people […]
Letter from the Suburbs
Another letter in the Post-Dispatch from someone in the suburbs who’s worried about city kids going to suburban schools: Can […]
