Dave Kopel in NY Times: A Chance to Fight Back

by Mike Krause | 8:39 pm, January 11, 2011

Independence Institute research director Dave Kopel has a piece in the New York Times‘ Room for Debate series on the Arizona shootings, and calls by some for more guns, rather than more gun control.  Money quote from Dave:
There’s no guarantee that evil-doers will always be stopped, but the record is clear that oftentimes lives [...]

Take THAT NYT Editor!

by Jon Caldara | 8:02 am, December 30, 2010

Our newest senior fellow Professor Rob Natelson had to tell it like it is to the New York Times in this letter to the editor published December 20th:
To the Editor:
I’d like make a few observations about your article about the proposed “repeal amendment.”
First, constitutional doubts about the health care law have always been widespread and [...]

Freeze, World Drug Police!

by Mike Krause | 12:44 pm, December 28, 2010

The New York Times has a disturbing story on mission creep by the DEA in the disastrous war on drugs. From the Times:
The Drug Enforcement Administration has been transformed into a global intelligence organization with a reach that extends far beyond narcotics, and an eavesdropping operation so expansive it has to fend off foreign [...]

Fighting the “Progressive” Takeover of State Courts

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, October 25, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado published nationally…
The following article was published in the 23 October edition of Human Events magazine.
Fighting the “Progressive” Takeover of State Courts
Citizens act to remove anti-constitutional Colorado Supreme Court justices
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men [...]

Tea Party power: an all-ages show

by Kelly Maher | 11:41 am, October 15, 2010

Meet Bonnie Johnson – who said she’s in her late 70s and a Tea Partier – and wants to help “take back our country.” She’s one of the reasons the Tea Party is flexing so much muscle this year. “Tea Party Set to Win Enough Races for Wide Influence,” The New York Times is reporting.

Legal Quote Of The Week: E.B. White On Obstruction Of Justice

by Laura Victoria | 12:44 pm, October 7, 2010

OK.  The quote is from 1973 – so it’s not exactly from this week, but I just saw it. Regardless, this  New York Times Op Ed from grammarian par excellence and Charlotte’s Web author E.B. White, couldn’t be more timely … Continue reading →

Clear The Bench Colorado invites comparison: our Evaluations vs. the ‘Commission on Judicial Performance’ “reviews”

by CTBC Director | 7:27 am, October 7, 2010

Colorado voters are being subjected to a barrage of big-money, special-interest advertising on judicial retention elections this year – as decried in editorials from the New York Times and other media sources across the country, as well as in other news coverage statewide.
Special-interest groups are spending tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars attempting to [...]

Midweek Update – continuing coverage of Clear The Bench Colorado, judicial retention elections in state and national news

by CTBC Director | 8:16 am, October 6, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado continues to gain coverage in both statewide and national news – since last weekend’s dozen-and-a-half articles (including a New York Times lead editorial and AP/UPI wire stories picked up nationwide) and additional articles earlier last week (including another New York Times editorial and a Wall Street Journal entry), this last weekend [...]

The Myth of Money-free Judicial “Merit Selection & Retention”

by CTBC Director | 7:20 am, October 4, 2010

Across the country (not just in Colorado), voters are being treated to a barrage of propaganda (led by the New York Times and the George Soros-funded ‘Justice At Stake Campaign’) promoting the “Merit Selection and Retention” system (the so-called ‘Missouri Plan’) as a way to keep the judicial branch free of the corrupting influence of [...]

Incumbent Colorado Supreme Court justices face stiff retention opposition – Denver Post notices, breaks “radio silence” on issue

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, October 3, 2010

The Denver Post breaks “radio silence” in news coverage of Colorado’s judicial retention elections…
Today’s (Sunday) Denver Post joins the Wall Street Journal, along with the New York Times,  Associated Press, United Press International, and countless other media outlets and once again takes notice of the upcoming vote on three incumbent Colorado Supreme Court justices seeking an additional [...]

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