Tag: Kansas blogs
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Defending the American Dream Summit, Austin, Texas
Later this week I’ll be traveling to Austin, Texas to attend Americans For Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit, also known as RightOnline Summit. There will be many excellent speakers, including a favorite person of mine, Robert Novak, whose recent autobiography The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington I highly recommend. Naturally, I’ll…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for July 11, 2008
Kansas bloggers were hard at work this week after returning from vacation. The “Boondoggler” at Wichita 259 Truth notices the low attendance at four public events hosted by Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education, a group that supports the Wichita school bond issue: Sarah Olson makes Chicken Salad. Have you wondered What?s your contribution to statehouse…
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Wichita Old Town Theater’s Bill Warren: No Ideas?
Recently the Wichita City Council approved a no-interest and low-interest loan to Old Town Wichita theater owner Bill Warren and his partners. Citizen opinion in Wichita seems to be mostly outrage at this giveaway, and rightly so. See Wichita Old Town Warren Theater Public Hearing Remarks and Wichita and the Old Town Warren Theater Loan.
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Kansas Blog Roundup for July 3, 2008
Even with a holiday-shortened week, there was quite a bit of activity in Kansas blogs. At the Kansas Republican Assembly blog, the post Sebelius: Slattery needs help raises questions about U.S. Senate candidate Jim Slattery’s acquisition of certain email addresses, and the etiquette of using them. In Democratic delegate shunned for endorsing McCain over Obama,…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for June 27, 2008
A pretty busy week for Kansas blogs, even though summer has set in. At KSSmallBiz.com, read Ken Daniel’s notes on his presentation to the Kansas Health Policy Authority in Kansas Health Policy Authority.
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It’s now WordPress
Here at the Voice For Liberty in Wichita I’ve made the switch from Drupal to WordPress as my blogging platform. There’s really nothing wrong with Drupal; it’s just that WordPress is very good, and after four years with Drupal, maybe it was time for a switch.
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Kansas Blog Roundup for June 20, 2008
When reporting on Kansas bloggers, a trip to The Kansas Meadowlark is just about the best place to start. This week the Meadowlark reports on SamSphere Kansas, an event hosted by the Sam Adams Alliance. I myself had the pleasure of attending this event and even spoke for a moment to the group. Thank you…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for June 13, 2008
At The Kansas Meadowlark, read about a Kansas state representative’s use of franked mail: State Rep Rardin’s FOURTH franked piece to kick-start his re-election campaign. This post inspired a few rather heated comments.
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Kansas Blog Roundup for June 6, 2008
At Voice For Liberty in Wichita, guest author James Barfield contributes Wichita City Manager Search: Look Before You Leap, urging Wichita to be wary of the presumptive new city manager, Pat Salerno. Mr. Barfield has done some investigation on his own, and uncovers some troubling facts. An abridged version of this post was printed in…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for May 30, 2008
Abortion politics were at the forefront in Kansas this week. Robert Novak’s column about Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (A Pro-Choicer’s Dream Veep as printed in the Washington Post) revealed some previously-unknown information about the relationship between her and the notorious late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller of Wichita. The KRA comments and links to Novak’s…
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A Kansas Blogroll
I use Google Reader to read Kansas blogs. The following list represents all the Kansas blogs I know of that publish an RSS feed (not all do) and that appear not to have been abandoned. If you know of blogs that should appear on this list, please send notice of it to me at bob.weeks@gmail.com.
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Kansas Blog Roundup for May 23, 2008
The Kansas Meadowlark has a number of posts this week that merit reading by Kansans. Topekans Rally in Support of Canned Talk Show Host Jim Cates reports on the dismissal of Topeka’s conservative talk radio host. At least Topeka had such a talk show. Wichita has nothing like that. Kansas Parochial School Sued for Requiring…