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Revolving Door Between Press and Government Turns Again
Read more: Revolving Door Between Press and Government Turns AgainMr. Van Williams, Wichita Eagle city hall reporter for the past three years, will become Wichita’s public information coordinator. I believe there needs to be a tension between the press and the government officials it covers. The press needs to hold officials accountable. It needs to dig deep to uncover facts officials don’t voluntarily concede.…
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Wichita City Council Meeting, April 19, 2005
Read more: Wichita City Council Meeting, April 19, 2005I was startled to hear this information, that the new contract has no dollar cap, as this has not been, in my memory, reported. It has been reported that AirTran sought a no-cap contract, but that Wichita would not agree to that. But it turns out that the city has agreed to what, in effect,…
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I, Pencil
Read more: I, PencilDo you think there exists a single person who knows how to make a lead pencil? In this article, Mr. Read shows us how there is no one who knows even a small fraction of what is necessary to produce even this simple, everyday item. How, then, does a lead pencil come to be manufactured?…
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The miracle and morality of the market
Read more: The miracle and morality of the marketIn this short article we learn the simple mechanism that makes our economy work so well. Interference with that mechanism is not only harmful, it is immoral.
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Kansas Attorney General Has it Right
Read more: Kansas Attorney General Has it RightTOPEKA — Alan Cobb, director of the Kansas chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, today released the following statement in response to the briefs filed in the State vs. Montoy case currently before the Kansas Supreme Court: “As questions and concerns swirl about whether or not the Kansas Supreme Court can order a statewide…
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Book review: Knightfall
Read more: Book review: KnightfallKnightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy At Risk Davis Merritt Amacom Books, 2005 The theme of this book, written by a former editor of The Wichita Eagle is that over the past few decades, the business of making newspapers has changed from a business unlike any other to…
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Another letter to the editor
Read more: Another letter to the editorLast time I wrote a letter to the Wichita Eagle for publication, I said that I learned my lesson, which was that I needed to be brief. I didn’t learn this lesson well.
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The Decline of Kansas Documented By Census
Read more: The Decline of Kansas Documented By CensusBy Karl Peterjohn, Kansas Taxpayers Network Kansas is in a decline. This state is shrinking relative to its peers in the other 49 states. However, some might say, and with some degree of accuracy, that this trend is nothing new. It is clear that the size and impact of this decline is likely to shape…
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Wichita Eagle Says “AirTran Subsidies Foster Competition”
Read more: Wichita Eagle Says “AirTran Subsidies Foster Competition”In an editorial in The Wichita Eagle published on April 19, 2005, Randy Scholfield writes: “Wichita should stick to its subsidies. They’re fostering competition, not stifling it, and paying off big-time for the community by lowering airfares and boosting economic development.”
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Kansas Faces Challenges for Growth
Read more: Kansas Faces Challenges for GrowthBy Alan Cobb, Americans For Prosperity Kansas State Director Many would describe that much of rural Kansas is in decline. Nearly 60 percent of the counties in Kansas have lost population just since 1990. Over half of Kansas’ counties have fewer residents today than 1900. Just this week the Associated Press reported that stated Kansas…
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Democrats dominate in top Kansas court
Read more: Democrats dominate in top Kansas courtThere are three numbers that everyone at the statehouse knows who follows Kansas government: 63, 21, and one. You must have 63 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas House of Representatives, 21 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas Senate, and the governor’s signature to turn a bill into law.
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The Rise of Government and the Decline of Morality
Read more: The Rise of Government and the Decline of MoralityAt the time when we have voted on a major issue that was framed in terms of morality, when we have prominent preachers attempting to impose their version of morality on us through the power of government, when we have a mayor who opposes certain businesses for moral reasons, and we have government at all…