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Tea Party Express in Wichita
Read more: Tea Party Express in WichitaWednesday, November 4, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, in the parking lot of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Sycamore and Maple Streets in Wichita. This is a stop on the nationwide tour of the bus and speakers. “At each stop the tour will highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending,…
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Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ explains today’s economics
Read more: Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ explains today’s economicsEconomics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains common fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.
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Kansas News Digest
Read more: Kansas News DigestNews from alternative media around Kansas for November 2, 2009.
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Thoughts on Constitution Day
Read more: Thoughts on Constitution DayToday, September 17, is a little-remembered date in Kansas and arguably a day that eclipses even Independence Day in significance. On this day in 1787, occurred the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Not since the Magna Carta, (June 15, 1215) had there been such a progression by the purpose, mind and hand of mankind to…
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Rep. Steve Brunk on Kansas taxes and spending
Read more: Rep. Steve Brunk on Kansas taxes and spendingSpeaking to the Wichita Pachyderm Club on Friday, Kansas Representative Steve Brunk addressed taxation and spending in Kansas government. Brunk said “We need more taxpayers, not more and higher taxes.” In evaluating legislation, he said he asks these questions: Does this help the state of Kansas bring companies to the state, and does it offer…
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Wichita arena lands a whopper
Read more: Wichita arena lands a whopperThe Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita has landed NCAA women’s basketball first- and second-round tournament games in 2011.
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Cash for clunkers clunked
Read more: Cash for clunkers clunkedDid the “Cash for Clunkers” program work as advertised? It all depends on the meaning of the word “work,” I suppose. If the definition of success means moving more cars off of dealer lots than what probably would have happened anyway, that’s good. But when looking at the marginal activity — and I believe this…
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In Winfield, citizens don’t agree with their opinion leaders
Read more: In Winfield, citizens don’t agree with their opinion leadersOn Wednesday the Winfield Daily Courier printed an editorial titled ‘Tea party’ bunch is going to extreme. While criticizing a move made by some Kansas legislators, it uses loaded language like “in full Glenn Beck mode,” “they look silly,” “appealing to prejudice rather than reason,” and “should just laugh at the ‘tea party’ jesters.”
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Here’s how to maybe solve global warming
Read more: Here’s how to maybe solve global warmingOne of the problems in the global warming debate is that the warmists advocate a solution that’s very painful: moving away from fossil fuels. Alternatives are not mentioned or considered. A reason for this is that the war on fossil fuels is a thinly disguised war on capitalism and human economic freedom. That’s a big…
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‘Political capitalism’ explained in Wichita
Read more: ‘Political capitalism’ explained in WichitaIn Wichita this Monday, Robert L. Bradley, Jr. explained the state of capitalism in America today, using his experience working in a high-level position at the failed energy conglomerate Enron as a backdrop. Bradley asked: What happened to business prudence? What has happened to capitalism? The answer is that what we have today is not…
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Michelle Malkin to headline Kobach fundraiser
Read more: Michelle Malkin to headline Kobach fundraiserOn Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:00 pm Michelle Malkin appears in Wichita (Andover, actually) in a fundraising event for the Kris Kobach campaign.
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Rep. Steve Brunk to address Pachyderms
Read more: Rep. Steve Brunk to address PachydermsThis Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas State Representative Steve Brunk, Republican from Bel Aire, as the speaker. His topics will include proposed House Concurrent Resolution 5019, the REAL (Revenue Expenditure and Assessment Limitations) Act — a state constitutional amendment dealing with revenue, expenditures, assessment, and limited government, the need to restructure the budget,…