The New “Occupiers” Old Anti-Westernism

by Kelly Sloan | 12:12 pm, November 4, 2011

It would be a mistake, really, to think that the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that has popped up in cities across the U.S., Canada, and Europe the past few weeks, is some sort of fresh, new, original phenomena. It is, in fact, merely the most recent manifestation of a predominantly anti-western sentiment that was birthed [...]

In Defense of the Political Insult

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 4:31 pm, September 16, 2011

It is one thing to allow some behavior legally and another altogether to smile upon it in polite society. Trying to legislate manners is as stupid and dangerous as trying to lower the murder rate via cotillion lessons.

In which the Washington Bureau Chief tells you to mind your own business

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 5:58 pm, September 1, 2011

The ‘right to know’ is a founding member in the hall of spurious entitlements masquerading as basic human rights.  First, rights are negative.  If other people must give up something in order to accord you your “right”, then it isn’t a right; it’s an entitlement.  Second, and more to the point I am going to [...]

Redistricting versus Reapportionment – the confusion continues

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, April 20, 2011

As the battle over redistricting Colorado’s Congressional districts dominates the state’s political news this week, the general lack of knowledge about how district boundaries are determined (and the very different processes for deciding Congressional versus state legislative district boundaries) is striking.
The confusion is not restricted to the general populace alone (who might be excused for [...]

Morse Wants Per-Diem Ethics Investigation Dropped

by T.L. James | 8:05 pm, March 30, 2011

Well of course he does. His response to the ethics complaint concerning an apparent excess charging of per diem is that his leadership responsibilities necessitated additional outside-of-session work days whose actual events weren’t recorded in his calendar.

Breaking: Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional

by elpresidente | 2:15 pm, January 31, 2011

Developing: A federal judge in Florida says the Obama administration’s health overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with 26 states that had sued to block it. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson on Monday accepted without trial the states’ argument that the new law violates people’s rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face [...]

Lambert Introduces Arizona-Style Immigration Bill

by T.L. James | 5:14 pm, January 21, 2011

Sen. Kent Lambert (R-Co. Springs) introduced this week the first of what promises to be several bills replicating in Colorado elements of Arizona SB-1070.  This first bill (SB 11-054) replicates what may be the most controversial part of the Arizona law, the “reasonable suspicion” section under which police are required to make a reasonable attempt [...]

Monarch High, Monarchy, Bongs, & the Rule of Law

by Brian T. Schwartz | 11:19 pm, November 22, 2010

“Monarch High is not a monarchy!” protesters could have chanted. By superseding the Student Council Constitution, the principal resembles a monarch high on power. “The King is above the law,” England’s King James I proclaimed in 1598.

Ritter – Not a Defender of Colorado, Not a Defender of the U.S. Constitution

by Elliot | 10:10 am, October 16, 2010

Colorado Governor Ritter has announced that he will be joining with several governors in support of the Federal law to require that every person purchase health insurance. Let’s get something straight – our federal government was set out to be a government of limited, enumerated powers.  The power to regulate health care is nowhere listed [...]

The Cyberbullying of Gay Youth

by Julian Dunraven | 4:03 pm, October 13, 2010

Of particular interest is the relatively recent phenomenon of cyberbullying . . . The Post cited several methods of addressing this problem, ranging from additional tolerance education and awareness programs to school administrative punishments to new legislation criminalizing cyberbullying. Such legalistic outcomes, however, would render an already tragic situation truly ghastly.

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