Zoning in Jefferson County
I hadn’t heard much about the proposed Hindu education center in Franklin County since I blogged about it last year,...
Representing From Afar
This doesn’t bother me. A member of the St. Charles County Council is working in Iraq for one year of...
Don’t Forget!
Dr. Caroline Hoxby will be speaking at SLU tonight. Also, David Hunn over at the Post-Dispatch has a preview at...
“Bail Out the Dead … Bail Out the Dead”
The funeral home industry has long been one of the most heavily licensed and regulated occupations in every state, and Missouri...
The Locavores on the Bus
Public schools spend a lot of money and face little competition — a rent-seeker’s dream. So, it’s no surprise that...
Move Over, Payday Loans
We periodically hear calls for the state to tighten its payday loan regulations and to keep interest rates down. Such...
UMSL Professor Nails It on Development Incentives
There is a great op-ed on the Post-Dispatch today from a professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, which —...
Show-Me Health Coverage
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch outlines a health care proposal that passed the Missouri Senate last week. Like...
Cautious Optimism on Sale of SLPS Buildings
In the past several years, St. Louis Public Schools has been forced to consider selling dozens of its former school...
Campaign Finance, Again
As if to follow up my blog post from last week, the Post-Dispatch ran an editorial today highlighting the pervasive...
I Found the Holy Grail at the End of the Rainbow
Knowing, as my dedicated readers do, that my two favorite things to blog about are the nanny state and the...
Not Gaining More, Losing Less
According to the Post-Dispatch, some are leveling criticism at MOSERS, a Missouri state employee pension fund, because of bonuses paid...
Great Photo of Illegal Activity in the Post-Dispatch
This photo in the Post-Dispatch may not rank up there with Dave Drebes’ posting of a fundraising flyer that revealed...
Condescending?
I spotted a recent letter in the Post-Dispatch, responding to David Stokes’ earlier article about the proposed repeal of the...
A Tax I Pay That Others Should, Too
This article in the Post-Dispatch is a perfect example of the issues Josh considered in his great post about public...
Show-Me Institute March (Media) Madness
Recently, the Show-Me Institute has received a striking amount of media attention: March 26, St. Louis Post-Dispatch — “Kick Anti-CWIP...
Post-Dispatch Editorial About Judges Needs a Tweak
Yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an editorial against making changes to Missouri’s judicial selection system, suitably enough known as...
The Other Shoe Drops Directly on Commerical Property Owners in St. Louis County
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has done a very good job covering assessment issues through the years. Its coverage of the...
Bail Bonds, Repo Men, Process Serving, and Blog Posts
Longtime readers might know that I love to write about the bail bonding industry and, starting today, its close cousin: the...
Why Limits on Embryo Transfers Are Like Motorcycle Helmet Laws
Some of the arguments I’m hearing for limits on the number of embryos that can be implanted in a woman...
