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If government ordered your lunch, would you get what you want?

Speaking on government making decisions for us, Antony Davies concludes “Even if it’s benevolent, it fails because it lacks the necessary information to make those decision correctly.”

March 23, 2012

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 19, 2012

Today: Eisenhower expert to present; Pompeo town hall meeting; Crises of Governments; What are the limits of democracy?

March 19, 2012

Stossel on “what is fair?”

The idea that government can make life more fair appeals to people. At least it does until they really think about it, says John Stossel.

March 19, 2012

For Wichita, no election news is good politics

Wichita city staff have time to produce news stories on everything but actual news, it seems.

March 7, 2012

Obama vs. the American Dream

Do politics reflect culture, or does culture reflect politics, wonders U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas.

March 4, 2012

Obama fundraising on anti-Koch obsession

President Barack Obama’s election campaign uses obsession as a fundraising tool.

February 25, 2012

Who has the economic power?

Though there is often much focus on the richest private individuals in the United States, the U.S. Congress actually has far more economic power.

February 20, 2012

The Democrats continue unjustified attacks on taxpayers and job creators

There is no justification for Democrats who want to haul American citizens before Congress for the exclusive purpose of political abuse. Congressional hearings should not be hijacked by naked political opportunism; legitimate business creators should not be vilified; and Congress should focus on the many policy questions before it, rather than wasting time in an…

February 6, 2012

End the Economic Development Administration — Now

When proposing to eliminate even wasteful government agencies, the bureaucracy will strike back, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.

January 24, 2012

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 11, 2012

Today: A legislator would do this?; Where to see, listen to State of State Address; Kansas Policy Institute launches blog; Kansas House Speaker criticized; Kansas presidential caucus; Democrats urged to help Republicans; Kansas health issues; Separation of art and state; Numbers trouble Americans; and Capitalism.

January 11, 2012

Obama’s executive orders

President Obama’s use of executive orders to circumvent the will of Congress is good, say his supporters. When other presidents did the same it was bad.

October 31, 2011

Wichita economic development: And then what will happen?

Critics of the economic development policies in use by the City of Wichita are often portrayed as not being able to see and appreciate the good things these policies are producing, even though they are unfolding right before our very eyes. The difference is that some look beyond the immediate — what is seen –…

October 14, 2011

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