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Astroturfers get benefits
Read more: Astroturfers get benefitsThe headline at Michele McGinty’s blog reads Wow! Lefty astroturfers get benefits!. Who could have figured?
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To sway opinion, basic facts must be correct
Read more: To sway opinion, basic facts must be correctA Vince Corbett of Wichita makes the case for riding an electric bicycle to work instead of driving a car. (“Biking saves,” August 30, 2009 Wichita Eagle) Unfortunately, the letter contains a mistaken fact and an assumption not supported by evidence.
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Wichita tea party paid its expenses
Read more: Wichita tea party paid its expensesAfter Friday’s American Tea party in Wichita, complaints rolled in. The Wichita Eagle article reporting on the event drew over 200 comments, many complaining about one or another aspect of over 700 people gathering for a peaceful event. In particular, the squawking of one member of the Kansas House of Representatives only revealed the ignorance…
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Tea party and fine weather tonight in Wichita
Read more: Tea party and fine weather tonight in WichitaTonight, at 6:00 pm at the Sedgwick County Park, Kansans For Liberty hosts “An American Tea Party.” It looks to be a great event, with many speakers and exhibitors.
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Uninsured count needs explanation
Read more: Uninsured count needs explanationOne of the problems in the health care debate today is lack of facts — at least facts that all sides of the debate can agree on. Without such agreement, without a basic set of facts and data to reason from, we’re not likely to make any progress. One example of a fact often used…
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Tiahrt endorsed by popular conservative figure
Read more: Tiahrt endorsed by popular conservative figureYesterday, former Secretary of Education and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Bill Bennett endorsed Todd Tiahrt’s campaign for the United States Senate in a Wichita appearance.
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John Stossel to speak in Wichita
Read more: John Stossel to speak in WichitaABC television journalist and author John Stossel will be in Wichita on October 12 to deliver a lecture as part of Wichita State University’s Elliott School of Communications 20th anniversary celebration.
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Stop spending our future
Read more: Stop spending our futureIt’s hard to comprehend the spending by the federal government over the last year. The numbers are so large, the spending programs announced so quickly, one after another, that sometimes we need to step back and take a look at the big picture. When we do, it’s quite terrifying, especially when we realize that the…
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The good thing Senator Ted Kennedy did
Read more: The good thing Senator Ted Kennedy didJohn Berlau reminds us of the legacy of Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy.
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Swiss system could be best of the big-government reform alternatives
Read more: Swiss system could be best of the big-government reform alternativesAt a recent forum on health care in Wichita, the system of health care in Switzerland was mentioned as a system that we could learn from.
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Wichita Eagle reporting, headlining discussed by commissioners
Read more: Wichita Eagle reporting, headlining discussed by commissionersIn today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, Wichita Eagle reporting and editorializing was the subject of an off-agenda item. Commissioner Gwen Welshimer used this opportunity to read into the record part of a press release she issued yesterday. The entire press release is at the end of this article.