Author: Bob Weeks
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Mine safety regulations: do they work?
The mainstream media attack on Charles Koch, David Koch, and Koch Industries has reached the state of West Virginia. This time a newspaper criticizes the Charles G. Koch Foundation for supporting a “conservative Morgantown think tank and several positions at the West Virginia University economics department.” A specific target of criticism is West Virginia University…
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‘Fire Pelosi’ bus in Wichita
Yesterday the Fire Pelosi Bus Tour stopped in Wichita, primarily to support the candidacy of Republican Mike Pompeo in the race for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas.
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Texting bans haven’t worked
In an attempt to increase highway safety, many states have passed bans on texting while driving. But the bans haven’t worked, and some states have experienced an increase in crashes.
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Rasmussen: Tea party is grassroots, not Astroturf
A new book by national pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Douglas Schoen explains that the Tea Party movement is a genuine grassroots movement, not a corporate-led Astroturf falsehood as critics allege.
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Kansas needs citizen-powered democracy
Following is an op-ed by Paul Jacob that recently appeared in the Wichita Eagle, although this is the version he sent to me. Jacob is president of Citizens in Charge Foundation, a national organization that promotes the rights of initiative and referendum. The citizens of Kansas enjoy neither of these.
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Sedgwick County Commission candidates to appear
On Friday October 1, 2010 at the Wichita Pachyderm Club, Republican candidates for the Sedgwick County Commission will speak.
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Violinist to perform in Wichita, Pretty Prairie
This weekend Kansans have two chances to hear violinist Dr. Maurice Sklar at two free events.
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Fire Pelosi bus to roll through Wichita
This Monday (September 27) the “Fire Pelosi 2010 Bus Tour” will roll through Wichita. This nationwide effort is sponsored by the Republican National Committee as a way to attract attention to the policies of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic Party leaders.
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School choice solution to Kansas school funding
In its search to find a solution to the problem of funding its government schools, Kansas is overlooking a sure solution: widespread school choice.
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New York Times’ criticism of Koch Industries
The anti-human agenda of the New York Times is on full display in its criticism of Charles Koch, David Koch, and Koch Industries regarding a contribution to the campaign against the AB32 ballot measure in California.
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Fifteen bad things with wind power — and three reasons why
Here’s an article full of important observations about the drive to produce more of our electricity from wind power. For example, promoters of wind (and solar) say we can use it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But this article points out that only one percent of our electricity is generated from oil.