Voice For Liberty

Month: November 2009

  • Alan Keyes to speak at events in Wichita

    Alan Keyes, former Reagan administration diplomat, National Security Council member, and presidential candidate, will speak at two events in Wichita supporting the Anderson for Congress campaign.

  • Michelle Malkin delivers conservative message in Wichita

    At a fundraising event for Kansas Secretary of State candidate Kris Kobach, conservative author, journalist, and columnist Michelle Malkin delivered a message that appealed to conservatives, although not necessarily the Republican establishment. Her most recent book is Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies. In endorsing his candidacy, Malkin…

  • Citizen lawsuits won’t enhance chemical safety

    Legislation currently under consideration in Congress will allow citizens to sue the Department of Homeland Security if they believe that chemical plants are not in compliance with new regulations. The new regulations — IST, or Inherently Safer Technology — are troubling enough, in that they may actually work against their stated goal of safety. Allowing…

  • Tea Party Express in Wichita a success

    Today a large crowd — some people estimated the crowd at 1,500 to 1,700 — gathered on a beautiful fall day in Wichita for a stop of the Tea Party Express. The crowd enjoyed speeches and music. About 30 motorcyclists escorted the bus to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

  • Uncertainty over Broadview’s future doesn’t bother Wichita

    Yesterday the Wichita City Council approved plans for riverbank improvements that would benefit the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita. The cost is $2,200,000. One of the problems with this action is that the renovation of the hotel is on hold, according to recent reporting. The reason given by the hotel’s owners, Drury Southwest Inc., is…

  • Chemical plant security should be based on technology, not politics

    As Congress considers legislation that would force our nation’s chemical plants to make expensive changes in their processes and technologies, we need to make sure that we don’t cripple our economy just to appease a small group of environmental activists — all in the name of purportedly greater safety. That’s the danger we face from…

  • City of Wichita and the Kansas Open Records Act

    At a meeting of the Wichita City Council, it becomes clear that either the city doesn’t understand the meaning of the Kansas Open Records Act, or it has no intention of following it.

  • Former mayor to address Pachyderms

    This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents former Wichita mayor Carlos Mayans as the speaker. His topic will be “National, State, and Local Issues.”

  • Wichita’s open records policy is contrary to the interests of citizens

    The Kansas Open Records Act states: “It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records shall be open for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this act, and this act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote such policy.” But in my recent experience, our city’s legal…

  • Tea Party Express in Wichita

    Wednesday, November 4, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, in the parking lot of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Sycamore and Maple Streets in Wichita. This is a stop on the nationwide tour of the bus and speakers. “At each stop the tour will highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending,…

  • Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ explains today’s economics

    Economics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains common fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.

  • Kansas News Digest

    News from alternative media around Kansas for November 2, 2009.