Slow News Day
While my colleagues are blogging about beauty pageant winners, the Desperate Housewives TV show, and Panera Bread, I thought I...
Trashy Quotes
I’m not going to discuss the merits/drawbacks of the new St. Louis Country solid waste disposal proposal, but I will...
A Tax Activist Is Born
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a story today, via Combest, on St. Louis County’s newly born property tax reform group,...
Kirkwood, Tax Rates, and a Well-Timed Op-Ed
There is a debate in Kirkwood about the proposed library district tax rate increase on the ballot next month. This...
“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...
The Perfect Nexus of Things I Can’t Stand
Tiny little municipalities, red-light cameras, and policing for profit have found each other, just like chocolate and peanut butter finally...
Not Just Test Scores
A column by Sylvester Brown Jr. in the Post-Dispatch today contains some thoughtful discussion about education reform. Although I don’t...
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...
St. Louis Students Imagine the Benefits of Education
The St. Louis Public Schools’ problems have been in the news a lot lately. In particular, students’ reading and math...
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...
Homeschooling in the Post-Dispatch
The Post-Dispatch reported in an article today that an estimated 6,000 children in St. Louis are being homeschooled. Homeschooling is...
Urban Planners Give Award for Something They Had Nothing to Do With
Yesterday, Delmar Boulevard in University City was named by the American Planning Association as one of 10 Great Streets in...
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...
“City of Dreams”
When I opened the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, I was greeted by the third front page article in less...
Clayton-Richmond Heights Merger Talks Dead
Clayton and Richmond Heights (two St. Louis County municipalities, for those of you who read us from Kansas City or...
Hannah Montana Teaches Teens Valuable Lesson About Law of Supply and Demand
Today’s Post-Dispatch has an article about the continuing education pre-teen girls are receiving about the basic laws of economics. If...
Parents as Customers
A parent writes to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he’s upset the schools’ CEO isn’t attending the Parent Assembly: As...
Truancy in Reverse
An article in this morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch details the rising trend in “educational larceny” — the term used for...
