HSAs in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There was an awesome article about health savings accounts in yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This article outlined a very similar...
This Blog Post Has Not Been Approved by the General Assembly
This story in the Post-Dispatch reminds me of the official state animals and desserts that Missouri schoolchildren have been shepherding...
Police You Can Count On
The Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis has a new police chief. My favorite part of the article: [New chief Daniel]...
Eric Mink Writes About Risk (the Experience, Not the Board Game)
I enjoy closely reading and analyzing Eric Mink’s columns in the Post-Dispatch, but because he primarily writes about national or...
Charter School Enrollment Explosion
David Hunn at the Post-Dispatch‘s education blog writes today that charter school enrollment in St. Louis increased by roughly 25...
An Instance of Charter School Diversity
Traditional public schools and charter schools are sometimes presented as a stark dichotomy: broad education vs. specialized programs, neighborhood communities...
Interesting Questions About Health Insurance
There is nothing more enjoyable when researching issues than coming across an article you think you are going to hate, and...
Ameren, Renewable Energy, and Time Travel
Several elements came together allowing me to write this blog post. The first was an ongoing series of articles from...
Bob Herbert’s Weak Attempt on Health Care
If Bob Herbert of the New York Times had read the Show-Me Institute’s primer on health savings accounts, perhaps he...
Property Tax Increase Shot Down in St. Charles
This morning, the St. Charles County Council considered a plan to fund county employee pay raises through an increase in...
Does Metro Deserve a Second Chance?
I’m an impatient guy. I hate waiting around for small problems to get solved so I can move on with...
The Future of Missouri Health Care
New Census Bureau statistics show that, from 2005 to 2007, the number of Missouri children without health insurance increased by...
STL Crime Rate Up While Cops Pay for Health Care Choice
On the same morning that the St. Louis Police Board announced that crime rates were up in St. Louis for...
Skiers Will Be Punished for Out-of-Control Zoning
Now, here is an issue I am uniquely qualified to write about. It involves my primary area of study (local...
Teacher Pay
Will pay raises for math and science teachers lead to school disunity? That’s an objection raised by people quoted in...
The County Library “Censors” Books Right and Left
An article in the Post-Dispatch describes a campaign by a group of citizens who object to some children’s materials in...
Safety Obsessiveness in Sprawlville
I get some of my best feedback when I write and post about our society’s obsession with safety. So today’s...
November Ballot Issues
Today, Missouri’s Secretary of State announced that two of the four groups that submitted ballot measures received enough valid signatures...
So Just Charge an Extra Buck to Go to Party Cove …
David Nicklaus at the Post-Dispatch has a great find with the recent warning from Fitch about the Lake Ozark Community...
Good News and Bad News
Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau were released yesterday, leaving us with good news and bad news. First, the good...
