By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 14th at 07:00 PM  | 

Charles Krauthammer: But there is another factor at play: having a job in the first place. In right-to-work states, the average wage is about 10 percent lower. But in right-to-work states, unemployment also is about 10 percent lower. Higher wages or lower unemployment? It is a wrenching choice. Although, you would think that liberals would be more inclined to spread the wealth — i.e., the | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:42 AM  | 

In the 2002 movie “Signs,” Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to “swing away.”  Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant.  With confidence, Merrill “swung away.”  The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss.  Merrill “swung away” with | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  October 16th at 12:47 AM  | 

From the political left and the right, non-Kansans sometimes look at Kansas politics and scratch their heads.  One word explains much of it:  ”McClatchy,” which owns the rabidly anti-cultural conservative Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star.  Fortunately, the Internet has almost eradicated the problem, and I can tell you that in the KC metro area, conservatives simply ignore The Star, in part because we don’t need | Read More »