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Brownback Says What?

Mike Nellis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas, Sam Brownback, Kansas Democratic Party, Climate Change, Cap and Trade, Clean-Energy-Jobs, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, Green Energy, Alternative Energy Jobs, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Yesterday, Sen. Sam Brownback (R) had a bit of a problem while addressing the KS Chamber of Commerce. Turns out, whomever wrote his speech left out a crucial element: the facts!

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Dozens Of Gitmo Cases Sent To U.S. Prosecutors

Associated Press | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Civilian Courts, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Military Tribunals, New York City, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Eric Holder, Guantanamo, Washington DC, Obama, Taliban, Gitmo, Al Qaeda, Virginia, Obama Guantanamo, Michigan, Iraq War, Embassy-Bombing, Guantanamo Bay, September 11th, Kansas, Politics News

(WASHINGTON - AP) Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation's capit...

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Recovery Act Provides Affordable Housing for KS Families

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Recovert Act, Barack Obama, Governor Mark Parkinson, Kansas Democratic Party, Kansas, Politics News
Mike Nellis

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is starting to take shape right here in Kansas

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What Will Health Care Reform Do For You? -- Kansas Statistics

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas, Barack Obama, Todd Tiahrt, Kansas Democratic Party, Representative-Jerry-Moran, Lynn Jenkins, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released encouraging reports on the Affordable Health Choices Act. I wanted to pass along some of the data

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"The Consequences of Inaction"

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Nellis, Congress, Kansas, Barack Obama, Kansas Democratic Party, Washington, Ad, Kenny Johnston, Reform, Dnc, Petition, Health Care, 2009, Politics News
Mike Nellis

I want to pass along the Kansas Democratic Party's petition calling on Congress to enact real health care reform.

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KDP Demands Rep. Todd Tiahrt Apologize to President Obama

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Todd Tiahrt, Kansas-Democratic-Party, Petition, Kansas, Politics News
Mike Nellis

No matter where you stand on abortion, we can all agree this is a disgusting, divisive comment and deserves to be rebuked.

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Kansas, Iran: Help Harvest A Better World

Eli Davidson | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran, Eli Davidson, Giving, Service, Farming, All for Good, Kansas, The Giving Life, Compassion, Living News
Eli Davidson

Minus the machinery, life on the Bucyrus Kansas farm I grew up on was much like life has been around the globe for thousands of years. Transfixed by t...

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Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Murder of Dr. Tiller

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Racism, Scott Roeder, Kansas, Freemen, Dr. George Tiller, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

Scott Roeder, a person of interest in the murder of Dr. Tiller, is widely known for his anti-abortion zealotry. Less known is his connection to the Christian common law courts and militia movement.

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George Tiller's Murder and Sotomayor

Deborah King | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Abortion, George Tiller, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama, Christian Fundamentalism, George Tiller Murder, Bill O'Reilly, Kansas, Politics News
Deborah King

Anyone who is shocked is not paying attention to the cause of this violent anti-abortion crusade: religion.

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No Mercy

Mary Mapes | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Abortion, George Tiller, George Tiller Killed, Kansas, Operation Rescue, Politics News
Mary Mapes

This is not part of a disagreement over when life begins. This is terrorism. And if we believe this is terrorism, we need to act like it's terrorism.

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America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles River, Waterways, Lisa Jackson, Congress, Lamar Alexander, George Voinovich, Dianne Feinstein, Clean Water Restoration Act, Amy Klobuchar, Streams, New York City, Rivers, Clean Water Act, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court, Clean Water, Max Baucus, Wetlands, Drinking Water, Rapanos, Green News
Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

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Good and Bad News About Coal (Plus Video)

Bruce Nilles | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Kansas, Michigan, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Bruce Nilles

While the country is moving away from polluting fossil fuels, Kansas has opened the door for outdated, dirty technology other states are rejecting.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Relate: A Post-Earth Day Manifesto

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Simran Sethi, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Environmental Justice, Oprah, The Good Fight, Earth Day, Gwendolyn Brooks, Cfl, Heather Mueller, Green Living, Green News
Simran Sethi

Ultimately, we can't shop our way to sustainability. Reduce is the first edict of environmentalism, with Re-use and Recycle following close behind.

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Lessons from Darwin - We're Still Evolving

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: School, Gop, Origin of Species, Air America Radio, Creationism, Mike Papantonio, Charles Darwin, Pap Attack, Science, Galapagos, Ring of Fire, Evolution, Kansas, Green News
Mike Papantonio

Birds, sea lions, and iguanas take from their surroundings only what they need to live. On the other hand, the more evolved human is locus-like in the way they interact with their community.

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Red River Rising: How to Survive the Floods of 2009

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Bayleigh Stovall, Floods, Lateral Force, El Dorado, Water, River, The-Survivors-Club, Survive, Red River, Kansas, Crash, Safety Tips, Living News
Ben Sherwood

Believe it or not, flooding is the #1 cause of weather-related fatalities in this country. Sure, tornadoes and hurricanes get a lot of attention, but flooding kills the most.

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Some States Still Don't See Economy-Environment Connection

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Montana, Economic Stimulus Package, Kathleen Sebelius, Michigan, Green Stimulus, Kansas, Green News

HELENA, Mont. — The call for economic stimulus is having an unintended side effect in places like Montana, where environmental protections are o...

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Rock Band, Guitar Hero: Murdering Musical Taste

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Allman Brothers, Beatles, Foreigner, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Journey, David Bowie, Asia, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Lou Reed, Kansas, Rollingstones, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's bad enough that so-called classic-rock stations clog the airwaves with the worst of the 70s and 80s, but to have the videogame industry spoon-feeding it to a generation that doesn't know better is too much.

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Kansas Tax Refunds Suspended, May Miss Payroll

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 03.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Kansas, Kansas Won't Pay Income Tax Refunds, Kansas Income Tax Refunds, Kanasa May Miss Payroll, Business News

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas has suspended income tax refunds and may not be able to pay employees on time, state officials said Monday. The state doe...

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Praise the Lord for Fred Phelps and Nadya Suleman

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Bibiolatry, Homophobia, Nadya Suleman, Bioethics, Fred Phelps, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Kansas, Living News
Valerie Tarico

Suleman's biomedical exploits also have rippled across the country. She hit a nerve we didn't know we had and raised powerful questions about right and wrong.

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Rod Bremby: Moving Towards a Renewable Future, Despite Big Coal's Backlash

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Supreme Court, Holcomb, Carbon Emissions, Massachusetts v. EPA, Heather Mueller, Co2, Green Energy, Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Politics, Rod Bremby, Electricity, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gases, Roderick Bremby, Department of Health and Environment, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Sunflower Electric, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Green News
Simran Sethi

Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is a force of nature. He stood up to big coal interests in Kansas and, quite simply, said "no."

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What's The Matter With Kansas? The Fight Against Big Coal Hits the State Legislature, with National Repercussions.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Supreme Court, Energy, Carbon Emissions, HB 2182, Air Quality Permit, Massachusetts v. EPA, Greenhouse Gas, Utilities, House Bill, Heather Mueller, Colorado, Kathleen Sebelius, Scott Allegrucci, Coal, Clean Air Act, Epa, Climate and Energy Project, Climate Change, Mercury, Roderick Bremby, Sunflower Electric Cooperative, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Gpace, Holcomb, Cep, Green News
Simran Sethi

If built, the plants in Holcomb, Kansas will belch out about 11 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, to become the largest new source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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The Number One Form of Child Abuse in America

Diane Dimond | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Passport Denial Program, Deadbeat Parents, 36 Billion Dollars Unpaid Support, Arizona, Delinquent Payments, State and Federal Enforcement, Mississippi, Child Support, Cases In: New Mexico, California, Kansas, Living News
Diane Dimond

They are parents who have walked away from the most precious obligation one can have -- their own children.

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Obama: Globalization of Joy

Diane Francis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Politics, Baby Boomers, Chicago, Civil Rights, Obama Grant Park, Oprah, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, Obama Grant Park Speech, Kansas, Grant Park, Africans, Election Results, President Obama, Obama Presidency, HuffPost Election Reaction, Chicago News
Diane Francis

Chicago's Grant Park was filled to the brim with half a million happy, cheering Americans from every socio-economic slice of America's multicultural society.

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Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Law, Democrat, Youth Vote, Swift Boat, Obama, Democratic Party, Voter Suppression, Voting Problems, Voter Su, Colorado, Acorn Voter Fraud, Hava, Voter Registration, Voters, Election 2008, Voter Fraud, Republican Party, Voting, Denver, Republican Presidential Candidate, Acorn Voter Registration, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, Acorn, Women Voters, Indiana, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Democracy, Democrats, Acorn Scandal, 2008 Election, Election, Barack Obama, Swiftboating, Early Voting, Republican, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, Voter ID Laws, Republicans, West Virginia, Paper Ballots, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Tennessee, Home News
Judah Freed

Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.

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