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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 26, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 26, 2012Today: Pachyderms to feature talk on sustainable development; PPACAction; The seven rules of bureaucracy; Civil society; One down, 48 to go; Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means.
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Kansas school establishment defenders: the video
Read more: Kansas school establishment defenders: the videoA video criticizing the Kansas Policy Institute for placing a series of ads in Kansas newspapers claims KPI “conceals” and “ignores” facts and statistics. But I didn’t have to work very hard to find many gross and blatant mistakes, distortions, and coverups in the video — the same problems found in much of the communications…
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If government ordered your lunch, would you get what you want?
Read more: If government ordered your lunch, would you get what you want?Speaking on government making decisions for us, Antony Davies concludes “Even if it’s benevolent, it fails because it lacks the necessary information to make those decision correctly.”
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In Kansas, public school establishment attacks high standards
Read more: In Kansas, public school establishment attacks high standardsWhen a Kansas public policy think tank placed ads in Kansas newspapers calling attention to the performance of Kansas schools, the public school establishment didn’t like it. The defense of the Kansas school status quo, especially that coming from Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker, ought to cause Kansans to examine the motives of the…
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The role of speculators
Read more: The role of speculatorsAs gasoline prices rise, we hear the call for regulation of speculators, with Fox News populist Bill O’Reilly a leading voice. Part of the complaint is true: Speculators are selfish people, acting only to make as much profit as possible for themselves. But by doing so, they provide a valuable public service.
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Reform KPERS now for the future
Read more: Reform KPERS now for the futureSignificant structural KPERS reform must happen this year. Our state cannot afford to put this off yet again, writes Kansas State Treasurer Ron Estes.
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U.S. public schools seen as threat to national security
Read more: U.S. public schools seen as threat to national securityThe Council on Foreign Relations, described by the Wall Street Journal as “the clubhouse of America’s establishment” is now in favor of something very un-establishment: school choice. The data is so grim, writes the Journal, that the poor performance of American public schools is now a national security issue.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 19, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 19, 2012Today: Eisenhower expert to present; Pompeo town hall meeting; Crises of Governments; What are the limits of democracy?
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Brownback, Moran wrong on wind tax credits
Read more: Brownback, Moran wrong on wind tax creditsKansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas are mistaken regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.
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Kansas rates low in access to records
Read more: Kansas rates low in access to recordsA report by State Integrity Investigation provides detail on the weakness in the application of the Kansas Open Records Act.