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Health care video fails to make case for universal, “socialized” medicine
Read more: Health care video fails to make case for universal, “socialized” medicineA video that’s getting some viewers on Youtube (235,000 as of this moment) serves as an illustration of how wrong the left is in its prescription for health care reform.
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Americans fail basic test on history and institutions
Read more: Americans fail basic test on history and institutionsIf you took a test covering basic questions about American heritage and civics, how do you think you would do? Do you think college freshmen should be able to pass such a test?
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Government institutions not role model for health care
Read more: Government institutions not role model for health careOne of the arguments used to promote more government involvement in the provision of health care is this: government already provides so many services, and government does it so well, that we ought to turn over medicine to it too.
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More local government 101 in Wichita
Read more: More local government 101 in WichitaHere’s a message from John Todd about additional training provided by Americans For Prosperity.
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Some without health insurance are eligible
Read more: Some without health insurance are eligibleLast week we looked at U.S. Census data regarding the number of people in America without health insurance, and we saw that a large number of people are eligible for various free insurance programs, but haven’t applied. The number may be as high as 14 million. Today’s Wichita Eagle has a story that may illustrate…
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Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big government
Read more: Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big governmentToday’s Wichita Eagle carries a letter to the editor that, like many we’ve seen before, makes claims and espouses beliefs that are totally opposite to freedom and liberty. In today’s example, Omer C. Belden of Wichita argues that we should “concentrate on saving such successful programs as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
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We won’t do that here
Read more: We won’t do that hereRecently someone left a comment that tried to associate a made-up name someone uses when commenting on this blog with an actual name. I removed that comment.
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestWichita airport, golf, Sweden’s economy, federal government hiring needs, depression.
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Racism injected into Kansas school funding debate
Read more: Racism injected into Kansas school funding debateIs Kathy Cook, head of Kansas Families for Education, a self-styled advocacy group for Kansas public education, using a false claim of racism to advance her political goals and discredit an opponent?
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Pachyderms to host panel on Republican Party’s future
Read more: Pachyderms to host panel on Republican Party’s futureAt this Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, the topic is “What does the Republican Party have to look like to be successful in 2010?”
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Dale Swenson, tea party critic, a barrel of laughs
Read more: Dale Swenson, tea party critic, a barrel of laughsToday’s Wichita Eagle contains a story (Tea party organizers: We paid for event) covering the dust-up between a member of the Kansas House of Representatives and tea party organizers. The state representative — Dale Swenson, a Democrat whose district covers parts of southwest Wichita — said of the tea party event: “We need taxes to…
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Kansas school establishment rejects reform
Read more: Kansas school establishment rejects reformIn Kansas, we’re left to wonder: when our education establishment rejects reforms that even the liberal editorial page of the New York Times embraces, what hope have schoolchildren in Kansas?