A Very Good Idea About Trash in St. Louis County …
We have discussed the St. Louis County trash collection proposal numerous times on this blog, and I have officially run...
Will Decreased Home Values Lead to Lower Taxes?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article today on how the decline in home values may or may not result...
Stopping by Show-Me on a Snowy Morning
All apologies to Robert Frost for the title, but the rest of the Show-Me Institute staff is in the process...
The Economic Impact of Smoking Bans
One of our scholars, Michael Pakko, has a piece looking at the economic effects of smoking bans in this month’s...
Bellefontaine Habilitation Center Is a Difficult and Emotional Issue
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very thoughtful editorial this morning (link via Combest) about the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in...
Juicing the Issue
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met yesterday for the second inning of its finger-pointing, denial-giving, not-talking-about-the-past examination...
High-Tech Pigs in a Cellular Trough
While the growth of the federal government gets most of the attention from people who care about things like that,...
“&#$* No!”
If you ever find yourself in a bar in St. Charles, you’d better watch your mouth. Despite a recent study...
Post-Dispatch Hails the Right Ideas on Taxis
I have found myself agreeing with a number of Post-Dispatch editorials recently, but none more so than today’s excellent piece...
Papal Visit 2, Traffic Nightmare Boogaloo
My alarm went off at 4:30 this morning so that I could immediately turn on the local news to watch...
More Great News About Charters
The Post-Dispatch is featuring Lift for Life Academy in a deservedly glowing aricle. It’s fun to read the quotes from...
Some Very Good Ideas on Assessments From Lindbergh Schools
Before I take off for the holidays, I wanted to link to this article in the Post-Dispatch about an assessment...
Are There Too Many Taxis In St. Louis? Let’s Ask the Taxi Companies …
There is an interesting article in the Post-Dispatch this morning about taxicab regulations in St. Louis, a subject we have...
Some Things Surprise Me; Some Things Don’t
Just in case you didn’t know, Missouri is among the worst states in the country when it comes to eminent...
Midwifery Revisited
Today’s Post-Dispatch covers the ongoing drama in Missouri’s midwife legislation saga. Eric Dixon, the Show-Me Institute’s editor, published an op-ed...
Holiday Best Wishes for the Blogworld!
As the Christmas saying goes: Every time a mouse clicks, a blogger gets more page view hits. With that holiday...
Gun Buyback Program Provides Seed Money for New Guns
The one-day flowering of peace and safety in St. Louis city has ended, with the city police purchasing 540 guns...
Good Time for Criminals to Sell Old, Crappy Guns in Order to Buy Better Guns
There are few things as worthless as a gun buyback program. Here is the article on this weekend’s one-day exercise...
Take Two
Tax incentives for film producers might not be such a good idea after all. The Post-Dispatch reports that two directors...
Cops, Taxes, and Trash in St. Louis County
While the Jackson County Council is doling out taxpayer money to selected assistants, last night the St. Louis County Council...
