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  • Milton Friedman on ‘How to Stay Free’ presented in Wichita

    The local chapter of Americans for Prosperity has been screening the PBS television series “Free to Choose.” This series from 1980 features Milton Friedman teaching about the close relationship between human freedom and economic freedom. This week, the series finishes with program ten: “How to Stay Free?”

    “Democracies have only recently been considered desirable. Historically, it was feared that democracies always self-destruct when citizens, forgetting that you cannot remove want and misery through legislation, insist on government actions that physically and morally bankrupt their nation. Friedman explains why the United States has so far avoided this outcome and how we can continue to do so. This program includes an interview of Dr. Friedman by Lawrence E. Spivak.”

    The program is from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm this Wednesday, in the private dining room at Mike’s Steakhouse, 2131 S. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67211. The telephone there is (316) 265-8122. Attendees purchase their own meals from the regular menu.

  • American Liberty Tour stop added in Salina

    It’s coming to Kansas City, and now a stop has been added in Salina.

    It’s the American Liberty Tour, which “seeks to bring together and support a new and dynamic breed of citizen activists borne of the desire to preserve personal and economic freedom.” It’s a collaborative effort of some great freedom-loving organizations: American Liberty Alliance, American Majority, Americans for Limited Government and the Sam Adams Alliance.

    The stop in Kansas City next Wednesday has always been in the plan, and now on Tuesday evening, the tour will stop in Salina. The web page for this event is American Liberty Tour Stop: Salina, KS.

  • John Stossel to speak in Wichita

    ABC television journalist and author John Stossel will be in Wichita on October 12 to deliver a lecture as part of Wichita State University’s Elliott School of Communications 20th anniversary celebration. The Wichita Business Journal article ABC’s Stossel to speak in Wichita provides more details of this event.

    Stossel is an anomaly in the mainstream media, as he is one of the few libertarians in that business. Milton Friedman wrote this about Stossel’s first book Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media: “Stossel is that rare creature, a TV commentator who understands economics, in all its subtlety. Read this fascinating book to learn — example by example — how the indirect, unseen effects of government policies often dominate the direct, seen effects. Again and again, policies have the effects opposite of those intended.”

    P.J. O’Rourke wrote this about the same book: “There’s nothing matter-of-fact about John Stossel’s fact-finding. He seeks the truths that destroy truisms, wields reason against all that’s unreasonable, and uses and upholds the ideals that puncture sanctimonious liberalism. He loves liberty in a way that goes far beyond liberalism. He makes the maddening mad. And Stossel’s tales of the outrageous are outrageously amusing.”

  • American Liberty Tour to be in Kansas

    To be precise, it will be Kansas City, Missouri, but that’s close enough. This event — American Liberty Tour — is an opportunity to hear some great speakers, get some training, and make new friends. The Kansas City stop is on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009.

    According to the organization’s website: “The American Liberty Tour is aimed at generating mass awareness and promotion of liberty, and the effort required as a country to retain it.”

    This tour is a project of some great freedom-loving organizations: American Liberty Alliance, American Majority, Americans for Limited Government and the Sam Adams Alliance. And I’m proud to say I am personal friends — not just Facebook friends — with some of the organizers and speakers.

    American Majority will be offering candidate and activist training in conjunction with this event.

    The page for the Kansas City stop is Kansas City American Liberty Rally. On that page you can RSVP for the rally, and also separately for the activist training by American Majority.

  • Free speech shouldn’t be victim of health care reform

    At a forum on health care in Wichita held last Sunday, Dr. Douglas Bradham, DrPH, professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the KU Medical School-Wichita, said this:

    “Direct-to-patient advertising for procedures and for pharmaceuticals, in my mind, should be eliminated.” The audience — a left-leaning group — applauded.

    Bradham then gave a few reasons why this advertising is harmful. He’s probably correct in his diagnosis.

    But the suppression of free speech that would be necessary to implement his recommendation is intolerable. I’m surprised that the audience agreed with Bradham’s proposed restrictions on such a basic human right.

  • Remembering Rose Friedman

    Today we learn that Rose Friedman has died. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice has a notice at Remembering Rose Friedman. Also Reason has Rose Friedman, R.I.P. From the Reason notice:

    “Because she was collaborator on his major works of popular political and economic philosophy and advocacy, most importantly Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose, she deserves her fair share of the glory and regard her husband Milton got. Consult my March 2007 article in Reason magazine for the ideas and accomplishments of the Friedmans in helping make America a place that is in some respects actually freer, and in most respects an intellectual environment where the idea of human liberty has wider play than it did before they did their long, arduous work of explaining the benefits of liberty, often against great opposition.”

  • Tea party event planned in Wichita

    Here’s a message from Lynda Tyler.

    Kansans for Liberty presents

    An American Tea Party

    Friday, August 28, 2009, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
    Sedgwick County Park, Wichita, Kansas (Click for a Google map to this location.)

    This is more than a protest, it is a celebration of patriotism and an opportunity.

    People want to get involved but don’t know where to go to become involved. This event invites you, your organizations, your business, your campaigns and your government agencies to showcase what you have to offer.

    We have a large enough area that we are offering areas where a group can set up a table, tent or booth to hand out literature, sign up members, sign petitions, solicit campaign funds, register voters and invite people to volunteer and become more active citizens.

    If you want to do a fundraiser we are looking for people who want to provide food and beverages or other types of vendors. The cost of a space is $100.00.

    This event is expensive to put on so we would appreciate ANY and all possible donations. This event will include music, speeches, presentations, vendors, food and beverage. The idea is to have fun, be heard and get involved.

    It is a NON-Partisan event and will be free to the public. Everyone who behaves courteously is welcome regardless of their party affiliation.

    Send donations or space requests to:

    Kansans for Liberty
    11509 Valley Hi Drive
    Wichita, KS 67209

    For more information call Lynda Tyler at 316-722-8031 or email to info@Kansansforliberty.com. The website is at Kansans for Liberty.

  • Nancy Armstrong memorial radio call-in show

    Nancy Armstrong Memorial Service, August 4, 2009
    American Legion Riders provide a flag line at the memorial service for Nancy Armstrong in Garden Plain, Kansas.

    Tomorrow there will be a radio show in Nancy’s honor, as described in this message from BettyJean Kling:

    “I am trying to get people to come on the show Wednesday at 8:30 pm central time to tell stories about their interactions with Nancy Armstrong, to make a memory tape record of stories for her family. A record for posterity about her work in sexual abuse in the Navy, or PTSD, her work on the road for Hillary, her work on ACORN and her dedication to the TEA parties!”

    BettyJean Kling
    The Majority United Radio for Women’s equality, laws and rights
    Mon 10:00 pm & Wed 9:30 pm Eastern

    www.blogtalkradio.com/FreeMeNow
    Call-in Number:(347) 838-8011

    More infomration about Nancy and her passing is at Nancy Armstrong, advocate for liberty.

  • South Central Kansas 9-12 group works for government accountability

    I’ve not attended any of their meetings, but I’ve seen some of these folks in action, so I know the members of the South Central Kansas 9-12 group are a dedicated bunch. If you’re looking for a group where you can be involved in working for freedom as defined in the United States Constitution, this is a good place to start.

    The next meeting of the South Central Kansas group is on Thursday, August 13, at the Wichita Westlink Library Branch, located at 8575 Bekemeyer in Wichita. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm, with social hour starting at 6:00 pm. Being held in a public library, I’m guessing the social hour doesn’t feature cocktails.

    Here are links to the website for the South Central Kansas 9-12 group, and for the Kansas state site. For more information, send email to info@ks912state.org.

    Following is the group’s brochure. (This is a Scribd document. Click on the rectangle at the right of the document’s title bar to get a full-screen view.)

    Wichita 9-12 Brochure