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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.”…
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You picked a fine time to leave us Kathleen
Read more: You picked a fine time to leave us KathleenMusical commentary about Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, recently nominated by President Obama to become Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kansas Representative Bill Otto performs.
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Wichita downtown arena costs increases start
Read more: Wichita downtown arena costs increases startThe Intrust Bank Arena, better known as the downtown Wichita arena, is adding $2 to the cost of a ticket for hockey games once the arena opens. (Cost of tickets at Intrust Bank Arena increased by facility fee, March 5, 2009 Wichita Eagle) We shouldn’t be surprised at this. Expect more price increases.
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Another inept Kansas smoking analogy
Read more: Another inept Kansas smoking analogyIn today’s Wichita Eagle, Wichita busybody Charlie Claycomb makes another inept analogy in an attempt to press his anti-smoking agenda statewide. A while back he tried to compare a smoking section in a restaurant with a urinating section in a swimming pool. This is ridiculous to the extreme, as I show in the post It’s…
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KenMar Shopping Center, Funded by Righteousness
Read more: KenMar Shopping Center, Funded by RighteousnessCan the Lord’s work be funded by taxation? If you’re Reverend Kevass Harding, the answer is sure, why not? He might even think it’s his calling. Never mind that at its fundamental level, taxation takes money from one person against their will and gives it to another.
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Cap-and-trade costs consumers
Read more: Cap-and-trade costs consumersTo solve the global warming crisis — to the extent that such crisis is real — alarmists often propose a cap-and-trade scheme. It seems like a reasonable solution, using the power of markets to let carbon emitters decide their preference between emitting carbon vs. reducing emissions.
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Kathleen Sebelius: taxation and contributions
Read more: Kathleen Sebelius: taxation and contributionsHere’s summaries of some information about Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, recently nominated by President Obama to become Secretary of Health and Human Services:
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestBudget woes linked to how justices are chosen (Kris W. Kobach in the Wichita Eagle). Explains how with a better method of selecting Kansas state Supreme Court justices, the Kansas budget might not be in such a mess. “The Montoy decision represented a court determined to advance judicial power and the liberal policy of limitless…
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AFP Kansas Statehouse Rally
Read more: AFP Kansas Statehouse RallyHere’s a message from Derrick Sontag of Americans For Prosperity – Kansas, regarding a rally in Topeka next Monday. There’s a free bus from Wichita to this event. It leaves Lawrence Dumont Stadium parking lot at 6:00 am, and will return to Wichita around 7:00 pm. Contact John Todd, john@johntodd.net or (316) 312-7335 or Susan…
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Wichita election watch parties
Read more: Wichita election watch partiesThere isn’t a whole lot of interest in today’s primary elections in Wichita. None of the school board races had enough candidates to require a primary. Two of the three city council races did, but probably the only district where’s there’s any doubt as to the outcome (at least as far as who will advance…