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New York Times covers climate change conference before the event
Read more: New York Times covers climate change conference before the eventThe New York Times reports on the International Conference on Climate Change before the event starts, and declares that “global warming’s skeptics are showing signs of internal rifts and weakening support.”
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Some Wichita school district promises aren’t important, it seems
Read more: Some Wichita school district promises aren’t important, it seemsA Wichita Eagle Editorial Blog post doesn’t consider the obvious solution to a problem. At issue is the state of Kansas’ “promise” to help local school districts pay for school bonds.
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AFP Day at the Capitol, 2009 edition
Read more: AFP Day at the Capitol, 2009 editionYesterday about 125 citizen activists gathered in Topeka for Americans For Prosperity Day in Topeka. About 45 left from Wichita on a bus at 6:00 am. The morning and early afternoon sessions included speakers such as Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, Earl Watkins, President & CEO of Sunflower Electric Power, Ray Merrick, Kansas House Majority Leader, Dr.…
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For Wichita school contracts, it helps to pay
Read more: For Wichita school contracts, it helps to payUSD 259, the Wichita public school district, has recently decided on some architects to award contracts to for work funded by the 2008 bond issue. Citizens might have wondered why so many architectural and construction firms had such a high degree of interest in public schools. But these firms know that if you want to…
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestAmerican Capitalism, Kansas budget, Phill Kline, corn.
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Kathy Cook of Kansas Families for Education: ‘Do as I say, please’
Read more: Kathy Cook of Kansas Families for Education: ‘Do as I say, please’At the federal level, we’ve seen a few examples of big-taxing Democrats who don’t pay their own taxes. Some of this might be explained by the complexity of the federal tax code. But local property taxes are pretty easy to handle. There’s no return to file. The county sends you a bill, and you pay.…
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Kansas City Tea Party Protest, Again
Read more: Kansas City Tea Party Protest, AgainActually it was in suburban Olathe, Kansas. The Kansas Meadowlark provides coverage when you click on Tea Party in Olathe today.
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Stimulus, the Audacity of Dopes
Read more: Stimulus, the Audacity of DopesThis is one of my favorite signs from the Wichita Tea Party Protest held on February 27, 2009. Cheryl Green is the creator of the sign; I am merely the photographer.
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Just a pause in warming?
Read more: Just a pause in warming?The Washington Post’s George F. Will reminds us that not too long ago — about 30 years — the New York Times was warning us of “the near certainty of calamitous global cooling.” Now Will alerts us to a Times story which tell us that “that the last decade, which passed without warming, was just…
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We need to not only remember, but to understand the past
Read more: We need to not only remember, but to understand the pastCharles Koch, Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, Inc., wrote an article in a recent company newsletter that explains the similarities between today and the early 1930s, and how our present government leaders aren’t following the lessons we should have learned. The article may be read by clicking on Perspective.
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Kansas school lobby: not enough spending, not enough taxation
Read more: Kansas school lobby: not enough spending, not enough taxationIn Topeka, the Kansas Association of School Boards rarely misses an opportunity to complain that spending on government schools is too low. The same goes for the Kansas National Education Association, the teachers union.
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestUs v. Them: The People and the Political Class (Jack McHugh, Mackinac Center for Public Policy). “The fundamental problem facing our nation is that true representative government has been supplanted by an inbred, self-serving, self-perpetuating political class that does not represent the people. As a result, the government has escaped the control of the people.”…