Is School Choice “Welfare for the Rich”?
As school choice policies advance nationwide, and to a lesser extent in Missouri, there appears to be a new line...
How to Lose a City of St. Louis Guy in 10 Days
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new population estimates for cities around the country, and the City of St. Louis...
Part 6: Does Kansas City Have and Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five in this series here.) As earlier posts in...
Honey, I Shrunk the City
It’s not exactly news that the City of St. Louis and the region as a whole have been losing population...
MetroLink Light Rail is MetroWaste
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Between 2014 and 2019, ridership on St. Louis...
Missouri Is 49th in a Meaningless Statistic!
Earlier this week a headline came across my Twitter feed blaring “Missouri ranked No. 49 in state K-12 funding in...
We’re Not in Last Place—We’re Not Even in the Race
The release of the 2020 Census Bureau numbers brought bad news: The St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has dropped...
Missouri K-12 Enrollment Declined 3 Percent this Year
New data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (ably summarized here) show a substantial decline in K-12 student...
Why Should the Early Bird Get the Worm?
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Missourian. Although it’s a little trite, “the early bird gets the...
