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...
Why Don’t They Just Designate the Building as Blighted? It’d Save Some Time
This has been a hot topic around the office, but as I was skimming through our recent posts, I realized...
Take Two
Tax incentives for film producers might not be such a good idea after all. The Post-Dispatch reports that two directors...
New Bridge to Madison County
Well, we have a new winner in the "Most obvious reference for a blog post title, ever" contest. Even if...
Education Reform in the Private Sector
Faithful readers of this blog might be under the impression that St. Louis is always missing the boat on education...
“Throw Your Hands Up in the Air, and Wave ‘Em Like You Just Don’t Care”
Dave is right, crime is a fact. But how it’s measured is a statistic. If an incident involves a burglary,...
Justin Channels Stalin
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin, aka Koba the Dread "No,...
Webber on Public Schools
David Webber, a professor at the University of Missouri, makes some good points in an op-ed about school choice in...
No, Crime Statistics Are Statistics, Not Facts
Not to beat a dead horse here, but I disagree with Dave’s impression of the crime statistics in St. Louis....
Crime Stats Are Facts, Not Opinions
My colleague Justin seems to be attempting, in his prior post, to refute hard numbers with personal experiences, which is...
In the City, City of Compton … I mean, StL
Amidst St. Louis’ celebration of the Cardinals’ World Series victory last year, an independent report compiled by CQ Press ranked...
Always Things to Write About on School Choice …
There is a letter to the editor from the Dean of the School of Education at Maryville University in this...
Everyone Who Wants to Attend Clayton, Raise Your Hand
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on city parents’ fight to enroll their children in the Clayton School District: St. Louis...
I’m Shocked – Shocked! – to Find That Fantasy Football Is Going On in St. Louis County Government!
KSDK – Channel 5 (link via Combest) broadcast a story a few nights ago on Internet usage by government employees....
I Call Shotgun!
I spotted Kevin Horrigan‘s fantastic article on Amtrak subsidies last week when it was published in the Post-Dispatch, but somehow...
Design-Build Comes to Kansas City
Later today, MoDOT is going to announce the team to rebuild/replace the historic Paseo Bridge in Kansas City. MoDOT will...
