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A Change in Climate for Climate Change Policy
Read more: A Change in Climate for Climate Change PolicyFrom our friends at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, one of the many outstanding state-level research institutes working for liberty and free markets. A Change in Climate for Climate Change Policy By Kathleen Hartnett White November 5, 2008 Come what dramatic political and economic changes may occur, a refrain persists within the media, industry, and…
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Pencils Reveal the Impossibility of Government Planning
Read more: Pencils Reveal the Impossibility of Government PlanningI, Pencil is one of the most important and influential writings that explain the necessity for limited government. A simple object that we may not give much thought to, the story of the pencil illustrates the importance of markets and the impossibility of centralized economic planning. The size and scope of government, both at the…
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Kansas highway spending has not boosted economy
Read more: Kansas highway spending has not boosted economyWho isn’t in favor of good streets and highways? Don’t we need roads, highways, and bridges so that our economy can function? The problem with most studies that pump up the benefit of government spending is that they omit something very important: the cost of these projects, and who pays. A solution that I favor…
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Climate change resource center launched
Read more: Climate change resource center launchedWhen evaluating the claims of radical environmental extremists, people need accurate and reliable information about global warming and climate change. To this end, I’ve started a Climate Change Resource Center page, where readers can find links to reliable sources of information.
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Top 100 libertarian blogs. I’m in.
Read more: Top 100 libertarian blogs. I’m in.Sarah Scrafford has produced a very useful list: The Top 100 Libertarian Blogs. I’m happy to report that my blog, The Voice For Liberty in Wichita, made the cut.
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Wichita student writing makes me wonder
Read more: Wichita student writing makes me wonderA comment left to one of my videos on YouTube reads exactly like this: no we need the bond issue because hes not in school and some schools do not have things that good like rich schools and they need to vote yes and plus it would give us a good sports things and more…
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The Obama education agenda, applied to Kansas
Read more: The Obama education agenda, applied to KansasEducation writer Diane Ravitch issues a verdict in her piece The Obama Education Agenda: “Despite White House press claims to the contrary, NCLB has been a huge disappointment, and its failure is not due to lack of funding.” That’s not what we hear in Kansas. Schools constantly complain about inadequate funding, and sue the state…
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Let Parents Choose. School Choice Works.
Read more: Let Parents Choose. School Choice Works.The Alliance For School Choice has a new campaign called “School Choice Works.” The website supporting this effort is at www.letparentschoose.org. If you care about the future of education in Kansas, I urge you to sign up to join this effort. You’ll receive some useful things from them, including a free School Choice Works bumper…
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Climate change alarmism in Kansas is expensive
Read more: Climate change alarmism in Kansas is expensiveToday’s Wichita Eagle reports on the high cost of climate change mitigation. (Climate cleanup costs could trickle down) Before Kansans commit to expensive courses of action that will be ineffective, we need to consider the wisdom of this action.
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Wichita School Bond: 25% Might Come From Other Pocket
Read more: Wichita School Bond: 25% Might Come From Other PocketOne of the ways the Wichita school bond was promoted was the 25% argument. This referred to the fact that the state of Kansas would pay 25% of the bond repayment costs. USD 259, the Wichita public school district, urged Wichitans to think of this as free money. As reported in news media, the Kansas…
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Governor orders steeper cuts in face of budget crisis
Read more: Governor orders steeper cuts in face of budget crisisKansas Liberty reports this about the Kansas budget: “Kansas is headed for a financial disaster, but nobody’s sure yet exactly what to do about it.” One of the things the passage of the school bond issue in Wichita has done is to place an additional burden on the Kansas budget. Some bond issue supporters spoke…
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Wichita school bond won’t fix this
Read more: Wichita school bond won’t fix thisWichita school employees and students are happy that the bond issue passed. As Wichitans watch new facilities being built — and as we start to pay for them — we need to remember that there are some things that this spending isn’t capable of fixing.