Tag: Columns
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Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara
By Jon Caldara I am personally responsible for helping overpay socialists to make Colorado unaffordable, overregulated and one windstorm away from a power blackout. I failed you. Colorado legislators already get automatic inflation raises. You know, just like your job (I’m assuming the sarcasm bled through that one). No private-sector worker has that kind of…
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The Constitution’s ‘Founding Son’ and his allies | Tom Cronin
Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing a three-volume narrative explanation of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as amended. Publisher Basic Books recently published volume 2 in this series titled “Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution,…
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Are we all post-liberals now? | Luige del Puerto
Three decades after the end of World War II, a Japanese soldier finally returned to his home country after holding out in the jungles of the Philippines. Cut off from his unit, Hiroo Onoda had no way of knowing that Japan had surrendered. He did what he was trained to do – he kept fighting.…
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Colorado’s ski bums on strike vs. ‘Big Ski’ | CALDARA
Hopefully, by the time you read this, the strike up at Telluride Ski Resort is over, ski patrollers are again joyfully sliding down mountains and getting paid for it, and tourists are once again being overcharged for… well, everything. But there are some lessons buried in this story of ski bums going all Norma Rae…
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COLUMN: The best Christmas gifts aren’t under the tree
One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the middle of my small hometown on the south shore of Long Island. One sign of a good town…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado charter schools — among the country’s best
Colorado might be known for its skiing, national parks and craft beer, but we need to add one more thing – the quality of our public charter schools. It has been 30 years since the Colorado Legislature passed the Charter Schools Act, and in that time we have seen families flock to charter schools because…
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Bennet’s no moderate, caves on student loans
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet likes to claim he’s a moderate. And on the floor of the Senate back in February, he actually sounded like one, too. “If you’re gonna spend $200 billion or $230 billion to cancel student loan debt,” Bennet asserted, “we need to do it in a way that reaches those who need…
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Time to energize the economy and secure the Stock Show
The National Western Stock Show was born in Denver in 1906. From humble beginnings and an idea that Denver could be the agricultural center for farmers and ranchers is now a 116-year-old Colorado treasure. Denver’s very own iconic Stock Show is recognized as the top livestock, equestrian, rodeo, and educational event, hosting over 700,000 attendees…
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COLUMN: Thanks to Tay, DPS runs up its legal, PR tab
Why is the Denver Public Schools board outsourcing everything regarding board member Tay Anderson? And why are they being so opaque about it all? Immersed in public relations disasters and serious legal conundrums, DPS seems unwilling to keep all kinds of jobs in-house. Plus, the district isn’t keeping the public apprised of what’s happening. Apparently,…