VIDEO: Old Media, Sentencing Reform

by Jon Caldara | 11:18 am, April 23, 2012

Dusty Saunders on what it was like in the old newspaper and TV media:

Senator Shawn Mitchell on Colorado drug policy and sentencing reform:

What Old Media Looked Like, Sen. Mitchell on Sentencing Reform

by Jon Caldara | 10:20 am, April 20, 2012

Tune in on this lovely Friday evening to your favorite public access TV show – Devils Advocate – on Colorado Public Television channel 12 at 8:30pm. Tonight my guests are Dusty Saunders and Sen. Shawn Mitchell. First up, Dusty takes me back in time when the news media consisted of news print and 3 TV [...]

VIDEO: Teachers Matter Education Reform

by Jon Caldara | 10:16 am, April 18, 2012

Last week, our Education Policy Center hosted its first ever brown bag lunch with presentation on the research that informs educator effectiveness policies. The presenter was Manhattan Institute senior fellow and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor Dr. Marcus Winters. He shared with our audience the findings from his new book, Teachers Matter. After [...]

Are Opponents Of Drug Law Reform Dishonest, Ignorant, Or Both?

by Mike Krause | 3:22 pm, April 17, 2012

Senate Bill 163 is a modest but important next step in scaling back the worst excesses of the expensive, intrusive and counter-productive War on Drugs in Colorado. The bill would lower the penalty for simple drug possession from a Class 6 Felony to a Class 1 Misdemeanor. In other words, possessing small amounts [...]

“Proud” to Pay? The GSA’s Proud to Accept

by Jon Caldara | 9:43 am, April 17, 2012

Perusing the Denver Post opinion section this morning, a bizarre headline caught my attention, “Proud to Pay Taxes in Colorado.” What a strange statement, especially in light of the recent scandals involving taxpayer subsidized Solyndra (and soon Vestas) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Why would anyone be proud to pay for those debacles? Anyway, [...]

Denver Post, Durango Herald Reporters On Devil’s Advocate Tonight

by Mike Krause | 5:43 pm, April 13, 2012

The Colorado House of Representatives yesterday passed a budget. For all the gruesome details tune in to the Independence Institute’s public affairs tv show Devil’s Advocate tonight as statehouse reporters Tim Hoover from the Denver Post and Joe Hanel from the Durango Herald join host Jon Caldara to survey the damage. That’s Friday nights [...]

Campaign Finance Laws, Local Denver Music Scene

by Jon Caldara | 3:56 pm, April 9, 2012

Attorney Mario Nicolais joined me to talk about defeating Colorado’s campaign finance laws.

David Barber joined me to talk about his new book, “Gigging.” In it, he tells stories about the local Denver music scene as it unfolded over …

By All Means Hick, Strike Away

by Jon Caldara | 1:39 pm, April 6, 2012

I read in the Post this morning that Governor Hickenlooper seems to be telegraphing his disapproval and potential veto of SB 124. SB 124 is a GOP sponsored bill that would expand Colorado’s tourism projects and allow for tax-increment financing (TIF) to fund all 6 pet projects at once. Not exactly the most free market [...]

Teachers Matter Education Event – 4/12

by Jon Caldara | 3:37 pm, April 5, 2012

You’re invited next Thursday, April 12, to our new Denver Freedom Embassy home for a special Brown Bag Lunch event on an important Colorado K-12 education issue. Dr. Marcus Winters, author of the new book Teachers Matter, will share his expert insights into the research on “educator effectiveness.” While that phrase makes me think of [...]

Independence Institute Writers In The News

by Mike Krause | 2:41 pm, April 3, 2012

Stand your ground laws, water rights, health care cost-shifting, the folly of wind energy tax credits and the Medicaid mandates in Obamacare are all topics of recently published opinion works by Independence Institute writers.
In the Washington Times, research director Dave Kopel debunks some of the myths that have sprung up around ’stand your ground’ laws [...]

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