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Let property rights rule Wichita smoking decisions
Read more: Let property rights rule Wichita smoking decisionsA system of absolute respect for private property rights is the best way to handle smoking, as it is with all issues. The owners of bars and restaurants have, and should continue to have, the absolute right to permit or deny smoking on their property.
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City of Wichita acknowledges taxes are not good for business
Read more: City of Wichita acknowledges taxes are not good for businessWow! Someone in city hall realizes that a reduction in taxes is good for business, and is reducing taxes in response to that revelation.
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The collectivism of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Read more: The collectivism of Kansas Governor Kathleen SebeliusA few excerpts from Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’s inaugural address from January 2007: Yet our opportunities will be limited only if we fail to come together around a shared vision for our state. Only a failure to act as “One Kansas” can compromise our future and dash our hopes.
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Featured thoughts
Read more: Featured thoughtsGovernment is essentially the negation of liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
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Spending other people’s money is not the best way to reflect one’s values
Read more: Spending other people’s money is not the best way to reflect one’s valuesA recent Arizona Republic letter to the editor lamented the fact that our government funds war, but not universal health care. The writer asks what that says about our values. That letter got me thinking, what does government spending say about our values?
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Consider the alternative to a public library in Wichita
Read more: Consider the alternative to a public library in WichitaAs Wichita considers the need for a new public library, a more central and fundamental question goes unconsidered: what is the role of the public library today, and do we really want one?
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Global warming: the real threat
Read more: Global warming: the real threatThe following article by George Resiman explains what caps on carbon dioxide emissions mean in terms of our economy. I wish that Roderick L. Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, had read this article before making his recent decision denying the applications to build two coal-fired plants in Kansas. His reasoning…
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Additional libertarian reading recommendations
Read more: Additional libertarian reading recommendationsCraig Bolton writes with these additional recommendations:
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A libertarian reading list
Read more: A libertarian reading listOnce you are exposed to the complete picture — and For a New Liberty has been the leading means of exposure for more than a quarter of a century — you cannot forget it. It becomes the indispensable lens through which we can see events in the real world with the greatest possible clarity.
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Wichita’s payday lenders
Read more: Wichita’s payday lendersPayday loans are expensive, a recent Wichita Eagle articles tells us. If someone needs to borrow money and has access to a loan from almost any other source, they should avoid payday lenders. But the reality is that there are people who have poor credit and are not able to obtain credit through the usual…
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Everyone’s Right in AirTran Affair
Read more: Everyone’s Right in AirTran AffairThe Wichita Eagle reports that Mayor Carl Brewer and City Manager George Kolb received free upgrades to business class seats on a recent AirTran flight. The two are indignant over being questioned about the propriety of accepting the gift. The Eagle described Kolb as “peeved.” The Mayor was moved to write a letter to the…
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Problem of low wages not easily solved
Read more: Problem of low wages not easily solvedThe great appeal of a higher minimum wage mandated by an act of the legislature is that it seems like a wonderfully magical way to increase the wellbeing of low-wage workers. Those who were earning less than the new lawful wage and keep their jobs after the increase are happy. They are grateful to the…