Ideological tyranny or idiocy?
This past February the Ohio State Board of Education voted 11-4 to remove all language that was critical of evolution from its state’s science curriculum. Previously, Ohio’s public school science...
View ArticleMissouri bill aims to restrict teaching of evolution
First it was making Christian proselytizing in public schools OK by non-binding resolution. Now the Missouri legislature is considering a bill that would restrict teaching of evolution.Dubbed the...
View ArticleYour Snickers are safe (for now)
An Illinois legislative committee voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to block the State Board of Education’s plan to bar junk food from elementary schools.The ban championed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich would...
View ArticleLife, liberty, and cheap parking
Mayor Thomas “Mumbles” Menino issued a statement saying he’s going to seek a city ordinance capping how much private lots can charge for parking. One of those city councilors called the rates...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer takes on spyware again
Eliot Spitzer is an ass, a scourge on capitalism who doesn’t mind littering his path to Albany with the hollow, zombie-eaten corpses of employers providing good jobs to Americans. But even a clock...
View ArticlePost-Dispatch says CAFE standards too low
The Post-Dispatch, which never saw a problem that couldn’t be solved with more government, takes on the President for not raising light truck CAFE standards enoughNot only are the mileage standards not...
View ArticleMissouri Democrats pushing for unconstitutional video game bill
Undeterred by the numerous court cases finding such bans unconstitutional, Missouri Democrats are pressing forward with a bill making it illegal to sell certain video games to minors The gory...
View ArticleRCGA to unveil new ad campaign, logo
The St. Louis ads will begin running in mid-April, marking the first time the slogan and logo will appear before a large national audience. The local marketing campaign is part of a larger, $20...
View ArticleO’Fallon won’t release records without $34,000 deposit
Here’s a novel approach to open government - require any critics seeking records to post exorbitant deposits before records are released A special city attorney and the wife of a former alderman...
View ArticleGraphic chart of (44% of) US tax spending
Boing Boing has a post linking to a pretty graphic of federal spending on discretionary programs in 2004. Pretty, but incredibly misleading. The image exists first and foremost to make a political...
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