Reassessment season is here. This is good news for government entities, real estate appraisers and bloggers who like to write […]
MOHELA Deal Is Like Girl Scout Cookies for Politicians
The MOHELA deal is back and better than ever…or not. The proposal orginally intended to take $350 million in assets […]
The minimum wage is hurting colleges and universities in Missouri: Kelley said she’s happy to follow the mandate of the […]
A letter to the editor in today’s Post shows the ugly, mean-spirited attitude of some opponents of parental choice: Regarding […]
Do health clinics belong in public schools? The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the idea hasn’t taken hold in Missouri […]
My esteemed colleague, Sarah Brodsky, has recently posted on government funding for the arts. The traditional free-market view of this […]
St. Louis County has used a carrot and stick approach to dealing with local municipalities regarding the necessary traffic changes […]
Brian Lewis’s column on HB808 illustrates just how much work advocates of parental choice still have to do in educating […]
Closing the Golden Door
Missouri legislators are trying to make it even harder for illegal immigrants to get an education or earn a living. […]
Kids who are born into wealthy families get to attend whichever schools are best for them. Kids who are born […]
Bridge compromise?
Last week, I blogged about how I liked the Martin Luther King bridge expansion idea as a plan to improve […]
Free inquiry, not legislation, should insure intellectual diversity
A recent controversy has arisen over the state of intellectual diversity in Missouri’s colleges and universities. A proposed house bill […]
As time marches on, the pace of technological advancement marches along with it: the hand-written letter becomes an email, the […]
Artistic Rent Seeking
Does government support for the arts cause economic growth? Governor Blunt seems to think so: "Public support of the arts […]
Carl Bearden writes about scholarships and higher education in the South East Missourian: I have long believed that it is […]
Free the Taxicabs!
A new controversy regarding the ownership of Allen Cab Co. has jogged my memories about one of the most unnecessarily, […]
A few days ago, my colleague David Stokes blogged about the ongoing struggle between Missouri and Illinois lawmakers to reach […]
The Road to Serfdom
Via Andrew Sullivan, here is the classic book, The Road to Serfdom, done starkly and succinctly as a series of […]
The state is currently considering a proposal to renew and extend the "Quality Jobs Act." This program provides tax incentives […]
Lingua Franca
The Missouri House is considering a constitutional amendment that would designate English as the language for "official proceedings" in Missouri. […]
