Daily Archives: Aug. 5, 2006

Open thread

Aug. 5, 200612:02 a.m.

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The end of the right?

Aug. 5, 200612:01 a.m.

“Is conservatism finished?” Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne asked in this op-ed piece. That sounds like wishful thinking, but Dionne cites the increasing divide among economic libertarians and social conservatives and the movement’s general self-destruction. His example includes the minimum-wage bill — which he says “put on display the central goal of the currently dominant forces of politics: to give away as much as possible to the truly wealthy” — the increasingly bitter debate about whether the war in Iraq made sense, immigration, stem cell research and government spending.
What do you think? Is conservatism dying, or are reports of its death greatly exaggerated?
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Stop wasting water

Aug. 5, 200612:00 a.m.

Wichita hasn’t faced the water restrictions this summer that Salina has, or that are permanent in many cities in Colorado. But as Raymond Hull of Wichita noted in a Reader Views letter Friday, that day could come unless Wichitans change their water-hogging ways. Conserve water by fixing leaky faucets and toilets, not letting the water run while you shave or brush your teeth, and not over-watering your lawn (healthy lawns need only about an inch of water a week). As Hull wrote: “Our underground water supply will not last forever. We must conserve it or we will lose it.”
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