Tag: Civil society
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The Articulate Ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy
In David French’s op-ed titled “The Articulate Ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy,” the author delves into the crisis of civic ignorance exacerbated by poor political leadership.
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Business improvement district on tap in Wichita
The Douglas Design District seeks to transform from a voluntary business organization to a tax-funded branch of government.
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Political civility in our age of thuggery
From Karl Peterjohn, an account of why the Wichita Pachyderm Club is a valuable civic institution.
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Business improvement district proposed in Wichita
The Douglas Design District proposes to transform from a voluntary business organization to a tax-funded branch of government (but doesn’t say so).
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Matt Kibbe of Free the People
Matte Kibb of Free the People joins Karl Peterjohn and Bob Weeks to discuss FreeThePeople.org and our relationship with government.
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In Sedgwick County, a moral crusade
In Sedgwick County the debate over the budget has the dimension of a moral crusade, except for one thing.
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Sedgwick County spending beneficiaries overwhelm others
That so many speakers at a public hearing were in favor of government spending is not surprising.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Arts funding, property taxes, uninformed officials, tax increment financing, and social security
Is Wichita risking a Soviet-style future? A look at Wichita property taxes, uninformed and misinformed elected officials, tax increment financing, and social security.
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Soviet-style society seen as Wichita’s future
If local governments don’t fund arts, we risk a Soviet-style existence. This line of thought is precisely backwards.
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Rebuilding liberty without permission
A forthcoming book by Charles Murray holds an intriguing idea as to how Americans can reassert liberty: Civil disobedience. Make the federal government an “insurable hazard.”
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What we can learn from the piano
The purchase of a piano by a Kansas school district teaches us a lesson. Instead of a system in which schools raise money voluntarily — a system in which customers are happy to buy, donors are happy to give, and schools are grateful to receive — we have strife.
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Wichita TIF projects: some background
Tax increment financing disrupts the usual flow of tax dollars, routing funds away from cash-strapped cities, counties, and schools back to the TIF-financed development. TIF creates distortions in the way cities develop, and researchers find that the use of TIF means lower economic growth.