Month: September 2009
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Kansas court system to be explained
At this Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, Judge Eric Yost will present “An Overview of the Kansas Court System.”
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Pompeo announcement stresses health care, energy, national security
Today Wichita businessman Mike Pompeo officially announced his candidacy for United States Congress for the fourth district of Kansas.
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Health care video fails to make case for universal, “socialized” medicine
A video that’s getting some viewers on Youtube (235,000 as of this moment) serves as an illustration of how wrong the left is in its prescription for health care reform.
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Americans fail basic test on history and institutions
If you took a test covering basic questions about American heritage and civics, how do you think you would do? Do you think college freshmen should be able to pass such a test?
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Government institutions not role model for health care
One of the arguments used to promote more government involvement in the provision of health care is this: government already provides so many services, and government does it so well, that we ought to turn over medicine to it too.
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More local government 101 in Wichita
Here’s a message from John Todd about additional training provided by Americans For Prosperity.
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Some without health insurance are eligible
Last week we looked at U.S. Census data regarding the number of people in America without health insurance, and we saw that a large number of people are eligible for various free insurance programs, but haven’t applied. The number may be as high as 14 million. Today’s Wichita Eagle has a story that may illustrate…
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Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big government
Today’s Wichita Eagle carries a letter to the editor that, like many we’ve seen before, makes claims and espouses beliefs that are totally opposite to freedom and liberty. In today’s example, Omer C. Belden of Wichita argues that we should “concentrate on saving such successful programs as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
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We won’t do that here
Recently someone left a comment that tried to associate a made-up name someone uses when commenting on this blog with an actual name. I removed that comment.
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Articles of Interest
Wichita airport, golf, Sweden’s economy, federal government hiring needs, depression.
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Racism injected into Kansas school funding debate
Is Kathy Cook, head of Kansas Families for Education, a self-styled advocacy group for Kansas public education, using a false claim of racism to advance her political goals and discredit an opponent?