My latest article points out that mayoral control of the Saint Louis school districts could be a good way to […]
Trash Talking
One area where pure free-market ideology has long reigned has been trash pick-up in unincorporated St. Louis County. Other than […]
Outstate Missourians are annoyed that so many of Missouri’s tax dollars have gone towards education in St. Louis, with poor […]
The Springfield News-Leader has an insightful editorial arguing that Missouri should be allowed to opt out of No Child Left […]
Last of the Vice-Cops
Ticket scalping is in the news due to the discovery that tickets taken by police from scalpers in last year’s […]
Yesterday the state Board of Education voted to take control of the St. Louis Public Schools district. In the process, […]
Metro, via the Post-Dispatch, is reporting that MetroLink ridership is exceeding expectations since opening six months ago. This is a […]
Virtual School
Some parents are upset that grades 6 through 8 are left out of Missouri’s new online education program for the […]
Most industries are open to all firms willing to make the necessary initial investments to enter the market. If I […]
There’s been an interesting debate going on about school choice. A persistent theme of the school choice critics is that […]
The REAL ID Revolt
I’m not too worried about the coming of the antichrist, but I think the drive to opt Missouri out of […]
CON Job
Over at our main website, Steve Bernstetter has a great article about the need to ditch monopolistic “certificate of need” […]
Eric Mink has an excellent article in the Post-Dispatch today about the proposed Mississippi River bridge. It is carefully researched […]
Governor Blunt has been on tour recently, promoting a new system for cataloging and sharing patient information between doctors and […]
More Choices 4 Parents
The Post has a write up of one of the most entertaining Supreme Court cases in recent memory, which was […]
USA Today has a news story on mayoral control over urban schools that covers our study on mayoral control, although […]
Governor Blunt wants to spend an additional $500,000 on the Show Me Healthy Women Program: If approved by the General […]
Cheryl Fleming is one unhappy commuter: Fleming said she won’t ride MetroLink partly because it consumes too much time. "I’m […]
SLPS Students Protest
Students in the St. Louis Public Schools are protesting at Mayor Slay’s office. They’re worried that their diplomas won’t matter: […]
Brokeback pensions
Could this ruling be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for City of St. Louis finances? Probably not, but […]
