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Stephen Owens

@stephenjowens.bsky.social

Passionate public education advocate--but not an acolyte. Atlantan. Dawg fan. I've started blogging about public education here: https://drowenseducationblog.blogspot.com/

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Wesley Tharpe@wesleytharpe.bsky.social · 8h ago

Yesterday, Missourians had the final say on one of the most important state policy debates this year: whether to eliminate their personal income tax, which funds two-thirds of their budget, while raising taxes on many working people. They voted it down. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/04/m...

Missouri voters reject income tax phaseout, initiative petition changes • Missouri Independent

Missouri voters resoundingly rejected major Republican priorities on Tuesday as proposals to eliminate the income tax and change the way majorities are counted lost by large margins across the state.

missouriindependent.com

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 2d ago

Truly shocking to me. The author could have at least mentioned that this “principled conservative” was accused of wasting millions of dollars to party with his friends as president of UF. It was so bad other Republicans in FL called for an investigation! www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/ben-...

Ben Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician - Christianity Today

The former senator is battling cancer. Losing him will be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing.

christianitytoday.com

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · last wk.

Jess is absolutely right here. The goal from conservative voucher folks isn’t for parents to have authority inside education, but to let wealthy folks off the hook for paying into a universal system of education. If parents are the ultimate arbiter of quality, then they should be the ones paying.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last wk.

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?

Facebook post from the U.S. Department of Education, saying "Parents know best" with a picture of a cartoon White, two-parent, heteronormative family, featuring a dad in a tie and sweater vest and a mom in a dress and pearls.
Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · last wk.

did I imagine it or was there a movie trailer before the odyssey where a famous actor and a dog are in the woods and the actor literally says "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." It's very possible I've made this up I went to a late showing.

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 3w ago

If I wanted to ruin someone financially, I would do what my wife’s friend did to us when we had our last baby: pay for three months worth of biweekly house cleaning. More addicting than crack

Brad Rowland@btrowland.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Hawks and Gray Media are partnering for the upcoming season. All non-nationally televised Hawks regular season games to will be on WANF (Atlanta News First) and Peachtree Sports Network for 2026–27, meaning every game will be broadcast for free over the air.

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 3w ago

Regular reminder that rural ≠ conservative. Georgia, Alabama, and many other Deep South states have significant chunks of rural Democrats

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Something we really have to grapple with: the Biden administration and Democratic congress worked pretty hard to drive real investment into rural communities, and many of them responded by spitting in the Democrats' face. This isn't an insurmountable problem, but it can't be papered over either

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 3w ago

Incredible stuff here. Imagine how corrupt you have to be to have a billionaire private health care executive call you a crook and get more than half of the primary voters to agree.

Greg Bluestein@bluestein.bsky.social · 3w ago

In his first extensive interview since his defeat in a bruising Republican runoff, Burt Jones wouldn’t say whether he would even vote for Rick Jackson in November and warned that the party’s nominee must repair a fractured GOP foundation. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 3w ago

Listen if you’re not following Ms. Edwards’s work somewhere (I first encountered it on TikTok) then you’re a square and a dummy. Top-shelf and accessible economic analysis imo

Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 3w ago

I did some Fantasy Bureau of Labor Statistics in my column. I proposed how we could produce dozens of price indices to track how different households are faring, helping economists have a better pulse on the economy and validating those struggling who feel unseen. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 4w ago

My parents talk roads the way college buddies talk forgotten baseball guys. ”19 41 was underrated.” “Old National back in the day was the place to be after football games.” “92 is still the best, all these years later”

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 4w ago

one thing that’s dying out in the next generation or so is knowing roads. my parents will ask me shit like “how’d you get there? 178? 232?” buddy i went where the computer told me.