If Boeing wants to build the 777X jetliner in the state of Missouri, the state will have to shell out $1.7 trillion, and St.
Category: States
Boeing’s corporate-extortion scheme, Missouri edition
In an earlier post on the way that Missouri politicos are tripping over themselves to try to lure Boeing away from Washington, I noted that
Dirty tricks: California GOP’ers set up fake health-exchange site
How low can you go? Ask Republican members of the California legislature. According to Crooks & Liars, Republican members of the California legislature have,
American disunity: I’m finally beginning to understand it
After years, no, decades, of wondering why all American voters don’t think and act the same way I do, I finally found something approaching an
Several nations, divided
We are not just one nation. We are eleven, according to Colin Woodard in a recent Tufts magazine article. He focuses on
Educational data, for the most part, is worthless
At a time when we are spending more and more taxpayers’ money on standardized tests and technology to enable us to take those standardized
The sad saga of Missouri’s “Free to Pollute” bill
Polluting businesses use their money and influence to pass terrible legislation that goes against the interest of Missourians. Few bills demonstrate this fact more
The “Cardinal Way”: A model for MO legislature, and others, too
After the St. Louis Cardinals won the [2013] National League Championship Series, it was reported that a rookie player, Seth Maness, said, “It’s a
ACA [Obamacare]: Doing well–and doing good–in states that expanded Medicaid
At the same time that private-insurance enrollment via healthcare.gov is experiencing technical difficulties, the other side of the Affordable Care Act—the side that makes
Voting rights watch: Texas makes voting harder for women
A classic country/western song says: “If you want to play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.” Well, if you want