- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 42 comments
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 53 comments
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013 · 19 comments
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013 · 16 comments
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 50 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 51 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 67 comments
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility May 21, 2013 · 5 comments
- Blog: Lawrence hosts mayor of Greek sister city this week May 22, 2013 · 2 comments
- Local organizations aim to support tornado victims May 21, 2013 · 8 comments
- Tarik Black strong, physical May 22, 2013
- Opinion: Wayne Selden sizes up recruits May 21, 2013
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013
- LHS student earns perfect ACT score May 21, 2013
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013
- KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort May 21, 2013
- Fix-It Chick: Gutter repair May 20, 2013
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility May 21, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013
Would you shop at Menards if it came to Lawrence?
I don't have a problem with a Menard's but I will still shop at Cotton's unless I need lumber.
April 24, 2013 at 10:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ex-residents say goodbye to Treece
Treece is a Superfund site, so the money used to clean it up isn't (usually) coming from your taxes.
Normally a Superfund site would be paid for in part by the company responsible for the pollution. Those companies no longer exist, so the the funds for this project come from chemical and petrochemical company taxes.
A portion of the Tri-State Mining District Cleanup fund came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, so it's likely some of your tax dollars were used in this case. Wisely, I might add.
And the reason your tax dollars sometimes get used to clean up places like Treece or Love Canal or times Beach is because being environmentally responsible is expensive and companies are only concerned with making a buck. So we get to choose between our country having giant toxic waste dumps all over the place or having to sometimes dip into the public coffers to clean up the mess.
In America the only acceptable socialism is that granted to private enterprise; privatized profits and socialized costs.
September 29, 2012 at 9:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Do you know who Carrie Nation is?
She's the namesake of the best bluegrass band from Kansas, nay the world.
http://youtu.be/Pm0uNVxYL8I
September 11, 2012 at 9:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Do you think Rep. Kevin Yoder's skinny-dipping incident distracts from more important issues?
It's not a huge deal. My circle of friends are making a big deal out of it on Facebook (I am as well) but that's because we all grew up with Kevin and have known him since his Democratic days.
Assuming he didn't do it where kids could see, I don't really care. I can only imagine how badly this sort of thing would have been received if it were a Dem. It'd be Anthony Wiener all over again.
August 21, 2012 at 1:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Assuming you survived, what would you want to have with you after a nuclear holocaust?
Something pleasant to overdose on. It's a nuclear holocaust and we all live in the northern hemisphere. You can either die strung out on morphine, crapping your own pants; or you you can die in pain, crapping blood and the lining of your intestines into your pants.
June 28, 2012 at 11:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Supreme Court ruling vindicates Obama on health care
Insurance held by healthy people, by default, subsidizes the unhealthy. That's how insurance companies stay in the black. Also by raising premiums faster than the rate of inflation.
You aren't taxed if you have insurance. You are only taxed if you DON'T have insurance. That tax pays for people who can't afford insurance.
June 28, 2012 at 7:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Supreme Court ruling vindicates Obama on health care
You can't default on student loans given to you by the government. The government doesn't have to guarantee anything. That's why they are so sought after in terms of private entities buying them, they are a guaranteed return on investment.
June 28, 2012 at 7:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Supreme Court upholds key part of Obama health law
It was voted in by the House and the Senate. That's representation.
June 28, 2012 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Anti-immigration fervor may be waning
Imagine that. The economy in slow recovery and Americans stop demonizing the Other. Surely there is some sort of correlation.
June 27, 2012 at 11:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Should evolution be taught in schools?
Yes. It's called Lamarckian inheritance and we've been doing it a long time. While strictly biological evolution continues to shape us, we achieve evolutionary change much more rapidly in a social context. Through transmission of knowledge, skills and tools to the next generations we are effectively evolving our own selves faster than nature can.
June 8, 2012 at 9:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )