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Socialism embraced in Washington today
Read more: Socialism embraced in Washington todayI’m not one to throw around charges of socialism lightly. For one thing, the term has devolved to have several meanings, and it’s not always clear which of the several meanings the speaker or writer intends. It’s also a highly charged term that usually overstates the case when it is used. Cathy Young explained in…
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Bankrupting America says ‘spending just got personal’
Read more: Bankrupting America says ‘spending just got personal’The new website Bankrupting America features a video presentation of poll results that reveal that a strong majority of Americans — seven out of ten — feel that government spending is too high, and nearly as many say this spending affects them personally.
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Good intentions, and planners, can sap a city’s soul
Read more: Good intentions, and planners, can sap a city’s soulThe following article by Kansas City writer Jack Cashill, courtesy of Ingram’s Magazine, explains some of the problems with city planning of the type Wichita is undertaking at this time.
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Subsidy for Planeview Save-A-Lot grocery store bad for Wichita
Read more: Subsidy for Planeview Save-A-Lot grocery store bad for WichitaI am troubled by what I see the Wichita city government doing to the owners of the Checkers Grocery store located near the Wichita Planeview neighborhood. At the public hearing before the Wichita City Council on September 14th, one of the Checkers owners testified that their grocery business has been serving the people of Planeview…
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For Wichita city hall, ‘stakeholder’ has a narrow meaning
Read more: For Wichita city hall, ‘stakeholder’ has a narrow meaningRecently the City of Wichita held a stakeholder meeting regarding Community Improvement Districts and the city’s policies regarding them. While the term “stakeholder” is vague and means different things to different people, you might think that such a gathering might include representatives from the community at large. In an effort to achieve diversity, you know.…
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Photos of Wichita Planeview grocery stores
Read more: Photos of Wichita Planeview grocery storesSupporters of a proposed Save-A-Lot grocery store in Wichita’s Planeview neighborhood claim that there are no grocery stores nearby. Therefore, the city is willing to grant over $800,000 in special tax treatment to this store. This special tax treatment — let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare is not available to the store’s competitors…
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Mine safety regulations: do they work?
Read more: 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
Read more: ‘Fire Pelosi’ bus in WichitaYesterday 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
Read more: Texting bans haven’t workedIn 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
Read more: Rasmussen: Tea party is grassroots, not AstroturfA 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
Read more: Kansas needs citizen-powered democracyFollowing 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.