Food desert neighborhoods are a real problem in America. Here’s a solution and another item for the good government file, from The Baltimore Sun:
School reform vs. school choice
A former champion of No Child Left Behind has written a book criticizing the policy as a failure, especially because it relies on standardized
Back to the bus
The latter is what we’d like in St. Louis; a gleaming train running down the middle of Highway 40 or an express train from O’Fallon, MO to O’Fallon, IL. Well, guess what, it’s not going to happen. We’re not a megalopolis like New York, Chicago, or Toronto. We’re a very livable mid-sized community that has less traffic than the Atlantas or Houstons of the world but still enough to aggravate us considerably.
My download speed is 5129 kbps. What’s yours?
Your blood pressure is normal, and your cholesterol levels are okay, too, but have you checked your internet download speed lately? A new service
A hiccup or renewed social change?
The supporters of the Democratic Party and the Obama Administration are championing the passage of the health insurance reform bill in the House of
Got potholes? There’s an app for that.
Here’s an innovative program that promotes citizen engagement and government responsiveness: In Arvada, CO, citizens can use a new, free iPhone application to report
McCain and Lieberman’s dangerous bill
On March 4th, Senators McCain and Lieberman quietly introduced a bill that Salon Magazine’s Glen Greenwald calls “the single most extremist, tyrannical and dangerous
Don’t stop talking about torture
Some may call it a dead topic that should stay dead, but I think that a national discussion of torture needs to continue. Andy
Texas school board removes Jefferson from curriculum
Congress makes it to the daily news but highly influential school boards often fly under the radar. When right wing board members gain a majority,
Small-time acts of corruption
As the adage goes, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But small-time power—and the little, just-slightly-over-the-line acts that local politicians get away with—offers