Over at PubDef, you can find a fairly comprehensive list of exactly what’s going on now with the SLPS and […]
How free are we?
At Combest this morning, we see reports of two bills being considered by the state legislature that go directly to […]
SLPS in The Economist
The SLPS have again broken through to the international media. The Economist has featured an article about the ongoing troubles […]
Legislation We Don’t Need
Here’s an idea for a really bad law: JEFFERSON CITY First, the state said you must make a special […]
Just in time for opening day, the Saint Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association released a study that concluded that […]
There’s an interesting article over on the Columbia Missourian website regarding an ongoing court battle between MO, the federal Justice […]
Merger mania
Just as Richmond Heights and Clayton near the end of their joint study on merging the cities, legislation has been […]
Public education, particularly in Saint Louis, is in a state of distress. Ineffectual leadership, failed reform initiatives, and declining student […]
We’ve got a new article up by Steve Bernstetter about a promising bill by two Saint Louis-area Democrats to implement […]
Language, Dress of Thought
The English-language cartel is pushing for more regulations: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The House voted Wednesday to require commercial drivers […]
I Won The (Assessment) Lottery!
Most Saint Louis County taxpayers have by now received their reassessment notices. It is hard not to think of the […]
The Kids on the Bus
I agree with my colleague Steven Bernstetter that helping children escape the failing St. Louis Public Schools is imperative. But […]
Common Sense in Arizona
The Arizona Republic, the state’s largest paper, has a great editorial defending Arizona’s new scholarship tax credit program, which is […]
The Post has an update on one of the most outrageous abuses of eminent domain in recent years: the blighting […]
Amidst the state takeover of the St. Louis Public Schools, education reformers are tossing around a number of ideas for […]
A Post-Dispatch editorial describes the tragedy of public education in St. Louis: Public education can be an avenue to unlimited […]
The state school board in Jefferson City was a scene of pandemonium on Thursday, as angry Saint Louis residents protested […]
MODOT engineer Judy Wagner thinks that police have nothing better to do than harass motorists about wearing their seat belts. […]
My latest article points out that mayoral control of the Saint Louis school districts could be a good way to […]
Trash Talking
One area where pure free-market ideology has long reigned has been trash pick-up in unincorporated St. Louis County. Other than […]
