Author: Bob Weeks
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Political site FiveThirtyEight looks at polls, statistics
The political website FiveThirtyEight provides an innovative look at political forecasting and also supplies useful information about candidates and political districts.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 10, 2010
Countryman back on air: Gene Countryman, host of a long-running radio show that went off the air earlier this year, returns to the airwaves tonight with the Gene Countryman Show. The new show airs Sunday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on KNSS Radio 1330 AM. Koch article criticism: Andrew Ferguson, media critic for…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Saturday October 9, 2010
Date Trabert on “This Week in Kansas,” Sue Schlapp, Dave Unruh, Betty Arnold, Goyle and Pompeo debate.
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In Kansas fourth, Pompeo ups lead over Goyle
A new KWCH Television and SurveyUSA poll of candidates for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas shows Republican Mike Pompeo increasing his lead over his primary challenger, Democrat Raj Goyle.
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Liberal politics: The paranoid style
This month Andrew Ferguson, media critic for Commentary, provides a critical look at the left-wing hysteria over the New Yorker “exposé” of Charles Koch, David Koch, and Koch Industries.
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Kansas elected agency officeholders use websites as campaign billboards
Kansas state government agencies are headed by a mix of elected and appointed officials. After looking at the websites for agencies headed by elected officials, Kansans would be justified in asking if all are using their agency websites for campaign purposes.
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‘The Power of the Poor’ to be shown in Wichita
On Monday October 11, the video “The Power of the Poor” will be shown in Wichita, with discussion following.
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In Wichita Planeview neighborhood: Yes, we have!
Developers of a proposed Save-A-Lot grocery store in Wichita’s Planeview neighborhood have made the case that without two forms of subsidy, the store won’t be profitable and won’t be built. There is a counterexample, however.
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We can balance the budget without new taxes
Politicians and interest groups claim higher taxes are necessary because it would be impossible to cut spending by enough to get rid of red ink. This Center for Freedom and Prosperity video shows that these assertions are nonsense. The budget can be balanced very quickly by simply limiting the annual growth of federal spending.