EPA “Doesn’t Live In The Energy World”

by Joshua Sharf | 1:20 pm, May 14, 2012

In a recent hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy said under questioning by U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Committee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., that her agency – despite issuing regulations that will have a profound affect on electricity production in the United States – “doesn’t live in [...]

“Local Control” – Absolute or Absolut?

by Joshua Sharf | 12:59 pm, May 14, 2012

Recently, WhoSaidYouSaid showed Colorado state Rep. John Soper, D-Thornton, telling public school employees to “go someplace else” if they didn’t like being due-paying members of the Colorado Education Association. Soper was speaking in opposition to HB12-1333, a bill that would have permitted teachers to opt out of union membership any time, with a 30-day notice. [...]

Seeing Stars: 3 Trillion Barrels

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 14, 2012

That’s how much oil is sitting under Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Obama’s EPA will be sure we never see it. Also unseen is the end of the legislative session in Colorado as the Assembly spins up for Hickenlooper’s special session. I’m sure it will be “s…

Twitter and the 2012 Election

by T.L. James | 9:46 am, May 12, 2012

AdWeek has a must-read overview of the importance of Twitter in the 2012 election cycle – The 140-Character-or-Less Campaign: Take Ben Smith, the politically engaged editor in chief of the social site BuzzFeed. Smith averages 19.4 daily tweets and uses the information stream to stay in front of each day’s news cycle. For Smith and [...]

Change the Blended Learning Categories, Just Don’t Call Me Late for Dinner!

by Eddie | 10:30 am, May 11, 2012

Do I write enough here about blended learning? Probably not. The fascinating and significant topic has many different manifestations, and developments change so fast that it’s hard to get a really solid grasp of what it is. The respected gurus at the Innosight Institute define blended learning as:
a formal education program in which a student [...]

Bully for Romney

by Joshua Sharf | 7:58 pm, May 10, 2012

So now, we’re suppose to believe that Mitt Romney was a bully?  Conveniently, the Washington Post chooses to report the blockbuster story of a 1965 highschooler named Mitt Romney giving a gay classmate a haircut as an act of teenage terror on the day after Barack Obama earns his bona fides by declaring his support for [...]

Hayek and the Tea Party

by Ari Armstrong | 1:09 pm, May 10, 2012

On April 2, I participated in a panel organized by Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks for the Association of Private Enterprise Education. (FreedomWorks paid my way to the event.) I filmed the talks, and now I release them with Kibbe’s permission. First, Matt Kibbe discussed the decentralized nature of the Tea Party movement: Second, Trey Fleisher, [...]

Sen. Pat Steadman, Rep. Mark Ferrandino on Civil Unions Bill

by Jon Caldara | 12:52 pm, May 10, 2012

The Independence Institute has taken the liberty of planning this coming Friday night for you. At 8:00 pm you’ll tune in to Colorado Public Television 12 and watch Independence Institute research director Dave Kopel on the public affairs roundtable show Colorado Inside Out. Then a quick bathroom and drink re-fill break. Then you’ll watch my [...]

Seeing Stars: 11.1 Percent

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 10, 2012

For more details, see the link below.

Colorado

Among the bills that died with the civil union bill is one that would have set “stoned driving” limits for marijuana users.
Yeah, about that civil union bill. It’s not dead yet.
Mitt Romney was in C…

Seeing Stars: 11.1 Percent

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 10, 2012

For more details, see the link below.

Colorado

Among the bills that died with the civil union bill is one that would have set “stoned driving” limits for marijuana users.
Yeah, about that civil union bill. It’s not dead yet.
Mitt Romney was in C…

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