By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 27th at 09:47 PM  | 

An important video to watch, from a recent Overland Park seminar sponsored by the Union of Patriots (their Facebook page is here). First, here is a speech by Rep. Charlotte O’Hara, the only legislator willing to publicly criticize a needless $160 million project by Sam Brownback that is deeply intertwined with ObamaCare.  Overland Park Rep. O’Hara was removed from a health care committee by Speaker | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 27th at 01:05 PM  | 

First, I would like to wish readers a Merry Christmas. Thanks to David Keating at the Club for Growth for first mentioning this recent economic newsletter from First Trust Portfolios, based in Wheaton, IL. The Bible story of the virgin birth is at the center of much of the holiday cheer at this time of the year. The book of Luke tells us Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem because Caesar Augustus decreed | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 13th at 01:10 PM  | 

I encourage you to attend a free event this weekend, focusing on three important topics:  ObamaCare, immigration reform, and tax reform.  It’s Friday night in Overland Park, and Saturday in Wichita.  No, Wichita is not like it’s portrayed in “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” It’s co-sponsored by two Kansas City-area center-right groups: the Union of Patriots and FairTaxKC. I think you’ll find this event educational, even if you | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 9th at 10:43 AM  | 

Seeing this picture of Newt Gingrich this morning at the National Journal made me realize that Newt looks a lot like Jack Black.  It’s not a bad photo, to be fair.  But he looks a lot like Jack Black. So, I’d like to ask RedState if we can start calling Speaker Gingrich Tenacious N. That’s all.

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 7th at 10:28 AM  | 

From CitizenLink: Ian Wilmut, best known as the scientist who led the research team that cloned Dolly the sheep in the 1990s, used to be a fan of cloning and human embryonic stem-cell research (hESCR) — but these days, he’s singing a different tune. In a Nov. 29 speech in California, Wilmut urged fellow scientists to invest their time on nonembryonic forms of stem-cell research — | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 5th at 02:36 AM  | 

An uplifting 37 seconds of news from KSHB 41.

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 26th at 02:27 AM  | 

Poll from SurveyUSA, conducted Nov. 18-21, 2011. “Sure, it’s early, and yes, a lot will change, but in an preview of the 2012 Presidential election, cell phone voters (those without a home telephone, typically undercounted in opinion polls), vote sufficiently Democrat to keep Mitt Romney to just a single-digit lead over Barack Obama, and, for the moment, cause Obama to defeat Newt Gingrich. Kansas’ 6 electoral | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 22nd at 11:23 AM  | 

On October 31, 2010 — the last Rasmussen Generic Congressional Ballot poll before the November 2, 2011 elections – a sizeable 51% of voters were planning on supporting the Republican candidate, and 39% of voters were planning to support the Democratic candidate. The 2010 elections were not pro-Republican.  The voters went to vote against the far-left, socialist agenda of the Democratic Party and President Obama. 2012 will be completely | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 15th at 09:30 PM  | 

I have trouble calling KMBZ 980 a “business.”  Businesses want to make money, and I’m not sure KMBZ wants to.   John Landsberg at Bottom Line Communications reports that KMBZ 980 AM’s Program Director Neil Larrimore was let go. KMBZ 980 has Rush Limbaugh on from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and is not worth listening to after that.  I can’t comment on the morning programming, because I | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 9th at 12:15 PM  | 

Catholic League President Bill Donohue – “Ten years ago, there were 1,869 employees at the Star; today there are 840,” he said. “Given these data, turning down $25,000 – in today’s economy – must mean the Star is more concerned about getting Bishop Finn than it is the welfare of its own workers.”   The hyper-partisan Kansas City Star supported law-breaking Johnson County Community College leaders | Read More »