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What’s right with Kansas? Using a model that calculates those costs relative to Kansas, PRI found that the loss of economic freedom leads directly to loss in per capita income. Illinois residents lose $2,188 per year. New Jersey residents lose $2,392. New Yorkers, $2,441. Hawaiians, $2,963. And Rhode Islanders! They lose a whopping $3,607 per year. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42550

Social Insecurity – Thomas Sowell The latest liberal spin on Social Security is that there is no problem. Of course, there is no problem with any obligation if you are willing to welsh when it comes time to pay it. …  The biggest difference seems to get the least attention: With private accounts, money is invested in the economy, creating additional wealth, from which pensions can be paid. With Social Security, the money is spent as soon as it gets to Washington…. The other big difference between privatized pensions and Social Security is that the individual owns the pension he has paid for. …  Liberals are desperate to keep Social Security the way it is, because that means they can keep spending your money as they see fit and keep you dependent on them. That's what the welfare state is all about. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050120.shtml

Should we save jobs? – Walter Williams http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42555

Weaker than we think – Walter Williams http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20050119.shtml

Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is a very bad idea - The Law of the Sea Treaty is not just a bad idea; it is a very dangerous legal document that heralds a major step into world government and grants vast powers to the UN. http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2004/06-14-2004/lost.htm

Why I am obsessed with war – Harry Browne http://www.lewrockwell.com/browne/browne30.html

Johnny Carson interview with Playboy magazine http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/features/johnnycarson/02.html

Scalia sounds off on religious rulings http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-scotus/2005/jan/25/012503884.html

Small Government – Strong Families Why libertarians should support family values—hint, What is the most basic nongovernment institution the world has ever known? And what grows in power and influence when that institution breaks down?  http://worldmag.com/displayarticle.cfm?id=10227

Liberals should stop scaring Americans on social security reform - My father died suddenly at 55, and all of his many years of investment in the Social Security system, went right down the drain, and the little benefit that it provides children under 18 was indeed minimal. The President is right; Congress has to address this issue now. http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/kfobbs/2005/kf_0124.shtml

You might be a constitutionalist if – Chuck Baldwin http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin213.htm

Collision course between social conservatives and libertarians? Winning back libertarian loyalties while satisfying his social-conservative base could prove to be one of the trickiest political maneuvers of Mr. Bush's second term. And how well he executes that maneuver just might decide whether the Republican Revolution marches on after its general retires in 2008. http://worldmag.com/displayarticle.cfm?id=10226

DDT ranks right up there with penicillin - Can you imagine the ruckus the enviro-Nazis would raise if even a square foot of wetland, formerly known as swampland, were drained? And if the land were sprayed with DDT? Nerve gas, even botulism, would be better in the fevered imagination of these foolish people. http://www.realhealthnews.com/rh_0105_a.shtml

No basketball player left behind – Marvin Olasky http://www.townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/mo20050120.shtml

Northern Kentucky Senators Defend 37^th District Votes – by Katie Stine

Section 38 of the Kentucky constitution makes clear that the Senate has the constitutional right/obligation to judge the qualifications of its members, as follows: "Each House of the General Assembly shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its members, but a contested election shall be determined in such manner as shall be directed by law."…Following this requirement as we have historically done, we began the 2005 session by voting to seat our newest members who had been chosen by the voters in last November's election. We also voted not to seat the 37th district's loser following established Kentucky case law, specifically Woods v. Mills, which says that if a winner of an election is disqualified, the loser doesn't automatically become the winner after being rejected by the voters. The voters of the 37th district chose Dana Stephenson over her opponent by over 1,000 votes….Three reports came from that committee. The first one filed by all of the Democrats on the committee along a straight party line said that the loser of the election should be seated contrary to the Woods' case and the Senate's earlier vote. …Like many dual-resident Americans, she [Stephenson] had two residences: one in Kentucky and one in Indiana, where she was attending graduate school. As a teacher, she was in Kentucky teaching weekdays and coaching on weekends where she owned, paid taxes on and lived in a house for the entire six years. Report No. 2 concluded that she was a Kentucky citizen at the time of the election and that she resided in Kentucky for six years before it, as the constitution requires.  …Why does the media consider the Republicans' vote partisan, but not the Democrats' party line vote that defied case-law and the Senate's own previous ruling? http://www.challengernky.com/articles/2005/01/25/opinion/1-0123stine.txt

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