Are Teachers Paid Fairly?
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | 1 Comment
Part of the Wichita Eagle Opinion Watch series. Audio is available here.
The school bond issue in Wichita and those occurring in surrounding districts overlook one crucial necessity: a fair wage for teachers. They are critically underpaid for all levels of education, service and abilities. (From The Wichita Eagle Opinion Line, April 27, 2008)
This writer is [...]
A Mess of John McCain’s Own Making
Posted on April 26, 2008 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
Kimberly A. Strassel of the Wall Street Journal explains a mess of John McCain’s own making, and which confirms to me that he is not suited to be President of the United States: McCain’s Campaign Finance Revelation.
“The Arizonan may not yet fully understand that money is speech.” writes Ms. Strassel.
As Thomas Sowell recently said: “Senator [...]
Diversity Is What Starbucks Decides It Is
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Economics | Leave a Comment
Paul Jacob, in a Common Sense commentary writes about David Boaz’s article in the Wall Street Journal (available at the Cato Institute) which describes the effort to obtain a customized Starbucks card with the phrase “laissez-faire” printed on it.
The request was rejected. But the socialist slogan “people not profits” was accepted by Starbucks, as was [...]
No Recycling Mandates in Sedgwick County, Please
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under Economics, Kansas, Property rights | 1 Comment
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Sedgwick County, Kansas, home to the City of Wichita, is considering a mandatory household recycling program. Or, perhaps people won’t be forced to recycle, but they will be required to pay for the cost burden that recycling places on communities.
The economist Frederich Hayek tells [...]
Wichita School Expulsion Myths
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Wichita | 1 Comment
Recently a USD 259 (Wichita, Kansas public school district) board member made this statement: “I know there are kids from many Catholic schools that have come to public schools when the Catholic schools have kicked them out.”
This attitude reflects a common perception or myth: that private and religious schools kick out the misbehaving students they [...]
Hugging Casinos and Banning Power Plants in Kansas
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas | Leave a Comment
From Denis Boyles’s column at Kansas Liberty, calling the consistency and judgment of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius into question (admittedly, a small task):
If there are at least some scientific studies that show gambling’s bad for you, and none that show that carbon dioxide’s bad for you, why is the governor of Kansas hugging casinos and [...]
Kansas Must Change Its Judicial Selection Method
Posted on April 19, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas | Leave a Comment
From our friends at Kansas Liberty:
The Kansas Supreme Court is a private club filled with people you’ve never heard of until they pass some tax you have to pay or invent some law you don’t want. There is a way to fix this, but you won’t like it, says Denis Boyles.
Read the full story at [...]
Holcomb Plant Water Usage in Perspective
Posted on April 19, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas | Leave a Comment
An argument opponents of the proposed Holcomb Station coal-fired electricity generation plant make is that its water usage is excessive and will lead to, depending on who is speaking, little water left for other uses. Even drinking water, according to some critics, could be threatened.
Together, the proposed plants will use 16,000 acre-feet of water — [...]
Franking Abuse by Kansas Democratic Legislative Leadership
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas | Leave a Comment
The Kansas Meadowlark reports on Franking Abuse by Kansas Democratic Legislative Leadership:
Recently both the Kansas House Minority Leader, Dennis McKinney, and Kansas Senate Minority Leader, Anthony Hensley, abused their nearly unlimited budget to mail items to Kansas voters. These mailings had less to do with helping inform constituents about what is going on in the [...]
The Entrepreneur As American Hero
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Economics | 1 Comment
This is an excerpt of a speech given by Walter E. Williams on February 6, 2005 at Hillsdale College. The complete speech, titled “The Entrepreneur As American Hero,” can be read here: http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2005/03/.
At this juncture let me say a few words about the modern push for corporate social responsibility. Do corporations have a social responsibility? [...]
