“It Is So Nice to Have a Smart President”
Last night on Bill Maher’s show, I watched Salman Rushdie try to answer the host’s question about how Barack Obama’s...
Asian Education
Two Million Minutes has done a good job of drawing attention to educational disparities around the world. I’ve been somewhat...
The Little Engine That Could
Train service around here can be awfully slow. Not so slow as the horse-drawn carriages the government allowed to fade...
Earmark Vote in Washington, D.C.
Right now on KMOX, Mark Reardon is commenting — to put it mildly — about the vote today in the...
The Peaceful Transfer of Power
It’s official: Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America. The first African-American president in the...
Question
On the cover of today’s Post-Dispatch, there’s a photo (unfortunately not online) taken at Hazelwood MIddle School. It depicts a...
I’ve Got Some Speech for You
The city of St. Louis is continuing its war against citizens’ right to express themselves. Having already told Jim Roos...
Freakonomics to the Left, Freakonomics to the Right
Nicely correlating with our presentation of an upcoming appearance by Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics fame, is an interesting post on...
Show-Me the Money!
This week’s edition of the St. Louis Business Journal contained an interesting, “Political Pull,” naming and discussing some of Missouri’s...
Inspiring Policy From the Netherlands
This article from the St. Charles Journal is a few days old, but it’s still an interesting read. The subject:...
More Lunacy Regarding Anheuser-Busch
Criticism of the Anheuser-Busch deal has grown increasingly ridiculous. In a particularly glaring example of one-sided electioneering, the Post-Dispatch reveals...
“I Refuse to Accept as Guilt the Fact of My Own Existence”
In case you haven’t read it, I highly recommend David Boaz’s (of the Cato Institute) op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street...
It Must Be a “Mc” Thing
The U.S. Senate rejected today a proposal which would have placed new restrictions on congressional “earmark” bills. Earmarks are line-item...
St. Louis, the Gateway to Congestion
The Post-Dispatch has a humorous guest editorial this morning that discusses some hypothetical presidential candidate views on the Highway 40...
Support for Merit Pay Spreading
Following on the heels of Barack Obama’s declaration earlier this month that he would support some form of merit pay...
