Category: Politics

  • Kansas news digest

    News from alternative media around Kansas for November 30, 2009.

  • Moore decision not to run causes waves

    The news that Kansas third district congressman Dennis Moore has decided not to seek reelection is a week old now, but the ramifications will take a while to shake out. As Martin Hawver put it in a recent Capitol Rail: “We don’t know who, but we’re imagining, somewhere in Johnson County, there is a poor,…

  • Jim Anderson stump speech received enthusiastically

    To an appreciative Saturday evening audience, candidate for the Republican party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas Jim Anderson laid out in detail his political positions and his plans for Congress.

  • Articles of interest

    Education, health care, Kansas school funding, unintended consequences.

  • Solution to drug problem to be presented in Wichita

    Illegal drug use and the accompanying war on drugs is a huge human problem in the United States. It’s time, according to some, for a radical rethinking of this situation. A group of current and former warriors from the frontlines of the war on drugs has such a perspective, and their solution is not what…

  • Jack Cole of LEAP to address Pachyderms

    On Friday December 4, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Jack A. Cole. Cole is executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

  • At Pachyderm, Pompeo pleases the audience

    Yesterday, Kansas fourth district congressional candidate Mike Pompeo addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. His conservative message was well received by the overflow audience.

  • Sarah Palin and Walt Chappell: fellow political travelers?

    Who knew? Here’s today’s Capitol Flash from Martin Hawver, describing the lineup for a meeting of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee on Monday: “Queued up for that presentation … rogue State Board of Education member Walt Chappell, a Democrat from Wichita.” In case you haven’t heard, Palin’s book, just out this week, is Going Rogue:…

  • Kansans for Liberty features Alan Keyes, Oathkeepers

    Tomorrow, the monthly meeting of Kansans for Liberty features national conservative figure Alan Keyes and a presentation about Oathkeepers. Keyes is in Wichita to endorse the candidacy of Jim Anderson for the Kansas fourth district congressional position. A preview of Keyes’ appearance by Wichita Eagle reporter Dion Lefler is at Alan Keyes to stump for…

  • Pompeo to present to Pachyderms

    This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas fourth district congressional candidate Mike Pompeo. This is another in a series of addresses by the Republican candidates for this position.

  • Fake stimulus exposed by Watchdog group

    There’s a new dog in town, and doing a great job already. In New Mexico, the New Mexico Watchdog reported the story More Than 4,800 New Jobs Created in New Mexico in Less than a Month from Stimulus, According to Obama Administration Data, which is apparently the first news story to notice the glaring errors…

  • Kansas news digest

    News from alternative media around Kansas for November 16, 2009.