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Some Articles Worth Reading
Read more: Some Articles Worth ReadingMaking Social Security More Harmful. From the Foundation for Economic Education. “Consider first that ever since Social Security was enacted in 1935 Americans have been told that their ‘contributions’ are being deposited into their own account to pay for their retirement benefits. … The other fraudulent claim made about Social Security (again, from the very…
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Wichita Eagle Political Contributions: This Year?
Read more: Wichita Eagle Political Contributions: This Year?A Wichita Eagle editorial argues for voluntary disclosure of ballot issue campaign donations, stating: “The groups on both sides of USD 259’s bond election should voluntarily disclose their donations before Nov. 4, rather than hide behind the state’s ridiculous disclosure laws applying to ballot questions.” (“Bond groups should declare donors,” August 28, 2008.) If the…
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Marcey Gregory Letter Fact Check
Read more: Marcey Gregory Letter Fact CheckA letter in the Wichita Eagle on October 26, 2008 contains a few inaccuracies — okay, lies — and I’m surprised it made it past the editors. The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce has said several times that Karl Peterjohn, in his interview before them, was confused about the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition and…
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Final Wichita School Bond Issue Cartoon
Read more: Final Wichita School Bond Issue CartoonHelen Cochran of Citizens for Better Education has released the final political cartoon whose topic is the Wichita school bond issue. Click here to go to CBE’s website and see this cartoon. The others are there, too, including the one that the Wichita Eagle would not accept as a paid political advertisement.
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Credit Card Records Give Insight to Wichita School District Management and Priorities
Read more: Credit Card Records Give Insight to Wichita School District Management and PrioritiesIf you were leading a school district that’s always pleading for more money “for the kids,” would you spend $439.70 for meals at the Capital Grille, a swanky and expensive steakhouse? Would you stay at expensive hotels like the Raphael in Kansas City, described on its website as “Kansas City?s Original Boutique Hotel”? Would you…
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Marcey Gregory Letter Fact Check
Read more: Marcey Gregory Letter Fact CheckA letter in support of Marcey Gregory for Sedgwick County Commissioner printed in the Wichita Eagle on October 26, 2008 requires a correction. A lie in this letter is this “… Gregory, as mayor of Goddard, has a record of keeping Goddard taxes low.” The actual record is that in her approximately 1.5 years as…
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The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis
Read more: The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present CrisisProfessor George Reisman contributes the excellent (and lengthy) article The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis. I’ve had the distinct honor of attending a number of Professor Reisman’s lectures at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and I’m slowly working my way through his monumental book Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics. Here’s…
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Voter Integrity Project for Kansas
Read more: Voter Integrity Project for KansasThe Kansas Meadowlark introduces Voter Integrity Project for Kansas. This is part of a project at Ballotpedia, which is a great place to learn about ballot issues across America.
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Why the Kansas Senate Leadership is Still There
Read more: Why the Kansas Senate Leadership is Still ThereWhen Kansans wonder why the leadership of the Kansas Senate is so often out of step with the rest of Kansas, look south of Wichita for the answer. As a Winfield Courier article reports, Winfield Democrat Greta Goodwin is often the vote that keeps the present moderate Republican senate leadership in office. For some reason,…
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Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius: Different from You and I
Read more: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius: Different from You and IDo different laws exist for Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the rest of us? (At least the conservatives and libertarians among us?) The Kansas Meadowlark reports this: “Apparently Sebelius is exploiting a loop hole in Kansas law in using her PAC to attack conservatives. The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission said a similar new ‘Leadership’ PAC…
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What We’re Learning About Ourselves
Read more: What We’re Learning About Ourselves“Soon this depressing campaign will be over, and we can reflect on what we learned from our two-month introduction to Sarah Palin. Clearly, it is more than we would have ever wished to know about ourselves.” “First, there turns out to be no standard of objectivity in contemporary journalism. … Second, there does not seem…
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What? Wichita’s Air Service Subsidy Isn’t Working?
Read more: What? Wichita’s Air Service Subsidy Isn’t Working?Recently a travel and tourism expert visited Wichita and said (and I hesitate to repeat his exact words on this family-oriented blog) “Your air service sucks.” (See Tourism expert has frank tips for Kansas.) I’m more than a little distressed to hear that. Right now we spend $6.5 million per year in subsidy to low-cost…