Coors-Miller HQ: Kansas City?
Maybe I’m a little late in getting this out, but last week the Miller-Coors merger talks focused on a neutral...
Should St. Charles Councilmembers Get a Pay Raise?
The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Saint Charles County Council is considering giving itself a pay raise. Now, those...
Slow Down There, Turbo
In one of the more bizarre (and ridiculous) examples of local government unnecessarily exerting its will over citizens, a St....
If It Moves, Tax It
Here’s a proposed ordinance that could compete with Dave’s nomination for Stupidest Idea of 2008. The city of St. Louis...
Sol Stern and SLPS
An article in the New York Times about Sol Stern reveals some similarities between his disappointment with parental choice and...
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Hits and misses from around Missouri newspapers, blogs, and elsewhere today: Education Week has a story on how the increased...
A Car for Me? No, a Car for We
In an effort to help lower emissions and reduce the congestion associated with the Highway 40 shutdown, both downtown St....
“Other People’s Money” – StL-Style
On Wednesday, Macy’s Department Stores announced that it will cut 850 jobs and close its Midwest regional headquarters in St....
Here We Go Again
Some people scoffed when I complained last year that encouraging schoolchildren to lobby will lead to a lot of frivolous...
Election Week: Will Your Vote Count?
It’s Super Tuesday, so I hope that sometime before, after, or while you’re actually reading this (hooray for iPhones) you’ve...
Responding to Criticisms of KIPP
There’s a discussion of KIPP’s drawbacks and merits in the comments section of the Talk of the Day blog. One...
Overturning Light Rail a Good Decision for Kansas City
When citizens pass an initiative referendum, judges or elected officials should use the greatest of caution in exercising their...
KIPP Schools Are on the Way
It’s official: Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools are coming to St. Louis: The announcement today from the San...
Great Ideas Abound for Kansas City’s School District
The Kansas City School District is (once again) stumbling down the path (recently blazed by the Saint Louis School District)...
Eminent Domain at the All-Star Game
A front-page story in this morning’s Post-Dispatch details the delays that have plagued the Ballpark Village development in downtown St....
A Better Solution to Missouri’s Long-Term Nursing Home Care
It’s disturbing to think of nursing home abuse. Many of us have elderly family members or friends living in assisted-living...
Back From Vacation and Ready to Rip!
There is nothing on earth better than Rocky Mountain skiing in enormous amounts of fresh snow. But now that I...
One Classroom at a Time
The Post-Dispatch ran a human interest piece this morning on Eric Johnson, an elementary math teacher in the St. Louis...
Will the Missouri Supreme Court Leave Your Home At Risk?
When Homer Tourkakis set up his dentistry practice 20 years ago in Arnold, Mo., he never dreamed that the city...
Not Early to Bed, Not Likely to Rise
The New York Times ran an op-ed in yesterday’s edition describing the negative effects of increasingly earlier start times for...
