More than 14,000 Missourians took advantage of a federal program [...]
In a recent email solicitation Jim Barrett, running as a Democrat in House 97, asks supporters to contribute $9.
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NIXON'S WEEK 47 GRADE: C
[...] This article in the New York Times explores the plight of Alaska’s rural public school districts. These schools serve only a handful of students, and to survive, they have to try to convince families to move into homes within their boundaries. One district advertised on Craigslist.
Few parents are eager [...]
The Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools website states:
Our vision is simple: a great education for every kid in our city, no matter the color of their skin, what neighborhood they stay in or how much money their parents make.
This statement, combined with the New Orleans location, led me to [...]

Sarah Palin at Gridiron Club in Washington Saturday night
WASHINGTON – She makes a habit of skewering journalists as liberal elitists, especially those making a living in the nation’s capital.
But there was former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday night hanging with a whole gaggle [...]

Conflict of Interest? Forsee Also A Board Member for Great Plains Energy
When Forsee isn't serving as President of the University of Missouri system or thinking about how to spent some portion of his enormous Sprint Nextel severance package, he also sits on the' [...]
In 1947 St. Louis’ long-time planner (1916-1950) Harland Bartholomew thought the city’s population would exceed one million by 1970. Instead, between 1950-70, we lost 234,560 people to have 622,236. We had 38% fewer people than he thought we would!
Bartholomew also thought we should have 35 airports in the region because, [...]

