That didn't take long. Not even a week after the U.S. Senate confirmed Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of Health and Human Services, and Mark Parkinsonnewly minted Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has agreed to a deal that will allow Sunflower Electric to build a new coal-fired power plant in Holcomb. I checked in with The Pitch's Carolyn Szczepanski, who pays way more attention to power plants and coal than I do. She had a couple of quick, admittedly knee-jerk reactions:1) [Parkinson] was talking last
Josh Rosenau​We're getting reports of planned alcohol and snack consumption this weekend in honor of two anniversaries: the 150th of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of the Species and the 10th for Kansas Citizens for Science. Among the celebrities expected to show up: Josh Rosenau, the science blogger who distinguished himself as one of the nation's best (even more impressive: He was our Best Blogger) while writing Thoughts from Kansas during the 2005 "debate" about evolution. He's