Professor Allan MacNeill of Webster University presented the truth about the GDP, the Job Numbers and the U.S. Stock Market. While these statistics are often use by politicians and pundits to exhibit the health of the economy, they don’t really present an accurate picture of the underlying state of our country.
Category: Education
Stop Settling!
As long as Missourians elect Republicans who place cutting taxes before educating kids and other critical needs, things will get worse. The time has come to stop settling for mediocre politicians unwilling to lead the state forward. Current elected officials must be told again and again that we want them to remember that state motto before every vote.
The Lost
Last week I talked with Democratic lawmakers and a couple of budget wonks about Missouri’s situation. All of us agree that things are bad and will get worse.
Sharpen Your School Board Savvy
Your homework is due April 2. That’s when Missouri holds its next round of elections for public school boards. The candidates are non-partisan, which means that the weight is on you to figure out who best represents what is important to you, your family and your community when it comes to public education.
Overeducated Missouri
Alas, it is hard to imagine an economic scenario where enough business activity migrates to small Missouri towns to reverse the current trend. As bad as things are now, the future for rural Missouri includes continued loss of folks and funds.
Still, that pastor’s theme parrots conventional GOP wisdom claiming Missouri is a predominately rural state and that rural life is best.
A Quest to Make America Better for Muslims
History may be made in St. Louis this spring. For the first time, two Muslim women have filed as nonpartisan candidates for the school boards of two of the area’s largest districts