Missouri School Districts Gamble … and Lose
On October 17, Judge Richard G. Callahan rendered a decision in the case brought by many of Missouri’s school districts...
Missouri in High Immortal Verse
Regular readers of this blog know that I like to include references to literature in the titles of my posts....
Cell Phone Subsidies and 911 Service
I have written before about the proposed new 911 tax on cellular phone bills. There is a great article in...
Should Kirkwood Sell Its Municipal Utilities?
Kirkwood is the only municipality in Saint Louis County that continues to provide utility services to its residents. Would citizens...
“I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door”
Immigration’s back in the news. The Post-Dispatch reports on a personal angle: State Rep. Tim Flook is Mexican-American. Since many...
Women’s Health in Missouri
An article in the Post-Dispatch today reports that the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health Sciences University have given...
Access to Credit
There’s a great op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader about the proposed interest rate cap on payday loans. If you want...
Eminent Domain Abuse Interview on KMOX
We hope you enjoyed the discussion of the Show-Me Institute’s just-released eminent domain study, which ended a short time ago...
School Choice in Kansas City, the Old-Fashioned Way
There is an extremely interesting move afoot in Kansas City, by residents of the far-eastern part of the city, to...
When High Schools Fail, Colleges Take Up the Slack
An editorial in the Columbia Daily Tribune calls for higher standards in K-12 education: UM President George Russell went around...
Sinking Ship
The Kansas City School District is attempting to prevent (through the court system) a November 6 ballot initiative which would...
Way to Go, Missouri!
I’ve complained in the past about Missouri’s system of occupational licensure, which requires manicurists, martial arts judges, and lots of...
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...
Missouri Teachers Voice Support for School Choice
When the Missouri General Assembly reconvenes in January, true education reform should be at the top of its agenda. Missourians,...
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...
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...
The Village People Play Missouri
Whatever the question is for Missouri, more government entities are not going to be the answer. The Springfield News-Leader has...
Speaking of Regulation in the Ozarks, This Is So Quaint …
People still do this in rural Missouri? I thought all the criminals had moved onto meth. … I am sure...
More Frustration About St. Louis
Back in March, the Post-Dispatch published a letter from an annoyed outstate Missourian, complaining that St. Louis is wasting the...
Tiny Little Cities and Policing for Profit
Today’s Post-Dispatch has an article on sobriety checkpoints in North St. Louis County. Issues such as the heavy use of...
