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,...
The New I-64, Y2K, and the Pope
Well, it is pretty much official. The final test has been passed (this morning’s commute) and the traffic nightmare that...
Old Math, New Math, Singapore Math
Here’s an article about a private school in St. Louis that is using my favorite math curriculum, Singapore Math. For...
One Last “Happy New Year” Post
Media Watch, a St. Louis-based news tracking service, released its rankings of the top 10 most covered local news stories...
St. Louis, the Gateway to Congestion
The Post-Dispatch has a humorous guest editorial this morning that discusses some hypothetical presidential candidate views on the Highway 40...
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...
Readers Are Leaders
I was surprised that Forbes gave St. Louis excellent grades for public schools, while the area’s libraries earned only a...
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...
Charters for Autistic Children
The panel on autism has released its report. I don’t know enough about current autism support services to say whether...
Make Way for Charters
St. Louis makes an ignominious appearance in an article by Andy Smarick in Education Next: Charter competition has caused one...
A New Education Blog, and More on Hazelwood
Local education blogs are sprouting up all over the place! I’m happy to announce the appearance of EduDiva, which intends...
A Better Solution for the Quality of Long-Term Care
Yesterday, representatives of the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NCSLC) hosted news conferences in Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis...
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...
Missouri Cities: Top Places to Educate Kids?
St. Louis has won an unlikely honor. Forbes ranks the area as number nine in its list of the top...
An Awesome Idea
It’s because of stories like this (thanks, Edspresso!) that I’m happy and optimistic. It’s about a public school in Houston...
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...
City Manager on Hot Seat in Kansas City
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city...
Changes to Property Assessment System Would Improve Fairness
Like a more frequent, less welcome, and much more expensive Halley’s Comet, property reassessment returned to Missouri this year. As...
