Randal O’Toole Op-Ed on High-Speed Rail
A few days ago the Post-Dispatch published an op-ed from Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute, about Midwest high-speed rail. O’Toole...
America Does NOT Need a Public Service Academy
A classmate of mine at Wash. U., Melissa Goldberg, published an editorial in the Post-Dispatch last week titled “America needs...
Turning Your Money Against You, Part II
Almost precisely one year ago, I wrote about how some Missouri cities were dedicating your taxpayer dollars to preserve the...
Political Fix and “Saturday Night Live”
I was blessed with a pretty good memory, especially for words and numbers — less so for faces. So when I...
Charter School Exits and Entrances
This is from today’s Post-Dispatch article about the imminent closing of two charter schools: All agree that bad charter schools...
Can I Open a Day Care Center in a Tattoo Parlor?
The Post-Dispatch has had some fine articles recently about occupations involving state licensing. Both articles apply statewide, not just in...
All-Star Earnings Taxes
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch had a good article about a planned attempt by the St. Louis city collector’s office to apply the...
Panhandling, Government Programs Both Ineffective Solutions for Alleviating Poverty
When a child takes a tumble, incurring broken bones and bruises, we all know better than simply to slap Band-Aids...
Bill McClellan on Property Taxes and Country Clubs
I am a huge Bill McClellan fan. For those of you outside of St. Louis who are not familiar with him,...
Drama Over Free Lunches
Monday night, Keith Olbermann designated Missouri state Rep. Cynthia Davis as his “Worst Person in the World,” while labeling Missouri...
MOSERS Bonuses Revisited
Jim Winkelmann — who was mentioned recently on this blog for his pithy letter to the Post-Dispatch arguing against the...
Nursing Favoritism
Combest pointed out this morning that the Post-Dispatch has run an article about the state auditor’s concern about the city...
Despite Previous Defeat, Kirkwood Tries Again for Smoking Ban
Despite voting down a similar proposition two and a half years ago, Kirkwood residents will again in November face a...
A Nonexistent Benefit of Uniform Standards
From an editorial in the Kansas City Star: Charter schools and lab schools would have a framework within which to...
More Criticism of Smoking Ban
We’d like to highlight a recent letter written by Jim Winkelmann to the editor of the Post-Dispatch, discussing the smoking...
Post-Dispatch Discusses Privatization of Police
There was an excellent article in Sunday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the heavy use of, and recent controversies over, taxpayer-funded...
The Schnucks Challenge
The Schnucks grocery chain faces some tough challenges regarding its plans to open a store in a Ballwin neighborhood, as a growing...
Another Reduction in Government Lobbying
One issue we have talked about here before is the pervasive and unfortunate practice of governments hiring lobbyists to lobby...
The Heart of Government
David Stokes and I just attended the weekly Board of Aldermen meeting for St. Louis city. It was actually quite...
Clayton’s Priorities
From the Post-Dispatch article about Clayton’s imminent smoking ban: Alderman Judy Goodman, among others, said that public health was the...
