R.J.'s Retort

A lot has changed since Susan Wagle first bottled up every bill even remotely related to Medicaid expansion. Given what has happened since, was it the right decision? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

My personal perspective and thoughts on the 72nd US Secretary of State. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

The late Ross Perot had it wrong about that giant sucking sound-- it wasn't coming from Canada and Mexico, but from the mass of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

All of a sudden, if you are educated, ergo, you are an elitist. I don't think I resemble that remark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Tanisha Ranger, some ideas on a Call Center Bill of Rights, and remembering the late Kansas Senate leader Jerry Karr.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Studies in 12 countries around the world show a link between call center work and disorders such as depression and anxiety. It's time to take action. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Too many members of the Kansas Legislature don't want to hear any ideas from constituents because they say they're going to be too busy with Medicaid expansion in the 2020 session. The Legislature was designed to handle many issues at once in a 90-day session. So why don't they? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

A live feed following the final results of Wichita local elections. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Some final thoughts on Election 2019--every vote counts... and speaking of counting.... answering your questions about the census amendment, an issue near and dear to my heart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning announced his Medicaid Expansion plan... it's better than we thought, but not as good as we need it to be.  Plus, we update the neverending story of the Wichita Mayor's race. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

We had to do this special edition because, well, you-know-what happens--and in a Wichita mayoral race, lots of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Party like it's 2005! We have another write-in attempt to try and throw a monkey wrench into the November vote with three weeks left. Don't be fooled! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Kansas is the 17th oldest state in the country, yet we are 46th in the protections afforded older workers. Since we'll never be a magnet for young people, we need to fix this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Supporters of Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell are trying to turn this non-partisan election into a partisan fray by making himself a victim of Trumpian proportions. Don't fall for it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Too many cities and counties across America are too dependent on traffic fines to pay for local government. The ACLU reports that it takes people 13 times longer to pay a traffic fine if your license is suspended--and there's a 51% chance it will cost you your job.  It's time to stop this Jim Crow-era practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

What the "experts" who never attended college don't know about the student loan crisis from a Kansas perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

With nearly every law enforcement officer having access to either body cam or dash cam video, it's time to update our traffic laws to reflect the technology of 2019... not the attitudes of 1974. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

It's easy to demonize someone like the late David Koch. It's harder to keep in mind that to others, he was a brother, father, colleague, and friend. Even in the real Civil War, people on both sides could take time out for events like weddings and funerals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Artificial Intelligence is not making our lives better. At best, it's a gigantic pain in the ass; and at worst, it's a growing nightmare that has the potential to ruin people's lives. This week, R.J. revives his proposal for a "real person" law to address these abuses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

Groups on our side of the aisle are being plagued by people who just sit around and do nothing... and their inactivity has reached crisis proportions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message