Parents as Teachers Urges Parents to Enroll Their Children in Breastfeeding Study
This article describes neuroscience research that seeks to explain an observed correlation between breastfeeding and higher child IQ scores. What...
Restricting Credit for Poor People
I’m sure that “restricting credit for poor people” is not the phrase supporters of capping interest rates on short-term loans...
Filmmakers Vote With Their Feet
I blogged yesterday about how tax policy distributes people and businesses. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal illustrates...
The Future of Highway Funding
The Kansas City Star reports on the increasing support for a plan to scrap and replace the fuel tax. The...
Budget Deficits and Speeding Tickets
The Post-Dispatch had a great story yesterday about a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that...
Charitable Tax Credits Provide Constructive Alternative to Prop. 1
This November, Saint Louis County constituents will vote on a new annual tax of one-quarter of a cent (1...
Midwives Call for Licensure
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about the North Carolina midwives who want the state to license them. Here’s...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie …
… He’ll ask for a bakery license from the state. The trend toward occupational licensure seems to be hard to...
Virtual Schools are the Wave of the Future!
On KSDK’s website, an article discusses North Carolina’s dive into online education for students. So far, students and teachers are...
