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From the monthly archives:
December 2009
Just when many Democrats were upset if not heartbroken about the news of Sen Laura Kelly dropping out fo the KS 02 Congressional seat there seems to be a glimmer of hope.
Today I got an interesting message from a woman named Cheryl Hudspeth. Cheryl and I have only talked online in the past but this [...]
Well, we are about to leave 2009 behind us, and sadly, it seems that the Kansas Democratic Party is also going to be saying goodbye to its most surefire contender for a national position. State Senator Laura Kelly, the unchallenged Democratic candidate for the 2nd District of the House of Representatives, currently held by Lynn [...]
Last week, the Senate approved their version of health care reform, quite different from the House version. Among progressives, a cry is going out: either include public option or kill the bill. A public option, it is reasoned, is the only way to control costs, and since both bills include a mandate, not including a [...]
Following the failure and collapse of the 2009 Copenhagen UN climate summit, the international youth climate movement has the following message for world leaders: “You’re not done yet. And neither are we.”
Just as global youth are not done creating positive change to curb climate change, neither are we in Kansas. Our state legislature will reconvene [...]
The new film by James Cameron, Avatar, has gotten praise from many. Including Roger Ebert who praised the film and compared it to what Star Wars was when it first hit theaters.
“Watching “Avatar,” I felt sort of the same as when I saw “Star Wars” in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with [...]
FiveThirtyEight did a great study recently naming the democratic Congress critters most valuable to the party. They calculated member’s ratings based on votes this year on social and economic issues and generated a bunch of fancy numbers in the process.
Our retiring Dennis Moore was ranked ninth.
This study shows that even without being a Kennedy or [...]
Now accepting applications for Governor for the State of Kansas. Job promises to be challenging yet potentially rewarding. Past job applications have been able to advance to promising positions fighting the Swine Flu. Please have understanding or experience in budgeting, supporting education, and not be too ideologically aligned with either extreme.
The Lawrence Journal World [...]
In a blow to crazed neo-cons around the country, a Sedgwick County judge has rejected the argument that Dr. George Tiller’s murder at the hands of Scott Roeder was a “necessity defense” on the behalf of fetuses. According to an article today in the Topeka Capital-Journal, Judge Warren Wilbert rejected the argument after citing a [...]
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