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Advocates for Invisible Kansans comment, not one “thank you”
Read more: Advocates for Invisible Kansans comment, not one “thank you”About a week ago my post Invisible Kansans Tell Their Stories somehow came to the attention of advocates of the disabled, and several left a few comments to the article.
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Have Kansas tax cuts caused our budget problem?
Read more: Have Kansas tax cuts caused our budget problem?The budget problem in Kansas is the result of “irresponsible tax cutting,” according to Steve Rose, publisher of the Johnson County Sun. He really wrote that.
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Activist Training to be Held in Wichita
Read more: Activist Training to be Held in WichitaOn Saturday February 28, American Majority and Americans For Prosperity will hold Special Joint Activist Training In Wichita, KS. Here’s more information from American Majority: The training will be hosted by American Majority and AFP — Kansas, who will be presenting exclusive training to enable common citizens to make a difference in their communities by…
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Oops. Facebook Changes its Mind on AFP Stimulus Ad.
Read more: Oops. Facebook Changes its Mind on AFP Stimulus Ad.See Kudos to FaceBook for Changing Their Position Right Away.
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Facebook Finds Stimulus Petition Ad Misleading
Read more: Facebook Finds Stimulus Petition Ad MisleadingMy blogger friend Blue Collar Muse reports on a disturbing development at the extremely popular social networking site Facebook. The post FaceBook Drops NoStimulus.com Ad After Complaints explains.
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Essential Government Employees Only
Read more: Essential Government Employees OnlyWhen the weather’s bad with snow or ice, sometimes you’ll hear on morning radio or television news that because of dangerous road conditions “only essential government employees should report to work today.” Wait a minute — does this mean that some government employees are non-essential?
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Kansas Climate Change Group Changes
Read more: Kansas Climate Change Group ChangesIn his piece Separate But Still the Same, climate change alarmist watchdog Paul Chesser writes “A global warming alarmist group that masqueraded for the last few years as an objective consultant for many states announced this week that it has been disowned by its global warming alarmist parents.” This article describes changes made at the…
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Proposition K opponents sometimes misinformed
Read more: Proposition K opponents sometimes misinformedIn public debate, sometimes people don’t let facts or reason get in the way of arguments they want to press. This is the case in some of the comments left to a Wichita Eagle article about Proposition K, an effort to reform property tax appraisals in Kansas.
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In voucher debate, who can we believe?
Read more: In voucher debate, who can we believe?Two articles appearing close together in the same prominent newspaper illustrate the problem in trying to make sense of school choice programs. These articles are Voucher plan would help sponsor, not students (February 4, 2009 Atlanta Journal-Constitution), which is opposed to vouchers, and Will School vouchers improve public education? Yes: New studies show all students’…
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Financial crisis caused by government
Read more: Financial crisis caused by governmentDid the “excesses” of capitalism cause the current financial crisis? First, we really don’t have capitalism in the United States, at least not any reasonable semblance of laissez faire capitalism, as explained in my post The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis, based on the work of Professor George Reisman.
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Be Wary of Government Control of Health Care
Read more: Be Wary of Government Control of Health CareIn Canada, some patients have to travel to the United States for life-saving medical treatment. Patients are also denied to right to pay for their own treatment in Canada, as was the case of a 57-year old man denied a hip replacement operation by the government. The Wall Street Journal article “Too Old” for Hip…
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Kansas minimum wage at issue again
Read more: Kansas minimum wage at issue againIn Kansas, some want the state’s minimum wage to rise to match the federal minimum wage. The Lawrence Journal-World reports on this in its story Lawmakers asked to increase state’s minimum wage.