The Misdirected Anger of the Occupiers

by Vande Krol | 4:58 pm, November 10, 2011

“I’ll have a hamburger, for which I’ll gladly pay you, Tuesday”. Wimpy.Comics often allow a humorous glimpse into real life. I remember growing up and reading Family Circus every Sunday, tracing Billy as he ambled from amusement to amazement th…

Don’t Take Responsiblity, Take Money!

by Jon Caldara | 12:50 pm, July 11, 2011

The Colorado Springs Gazette is about as solid on economic issues as a newspaper could ever get. With Wayne Laugesen at the helm of the editorial page, it’s no surprise. However, something must have slipped through the cracks over on the news side this weekend when reporter Emily Wilkins wrote on food stamps in the [...]

Kopel on the Right of Self-Defense

by Jon Caldara | 8:35 am, March 30, 2011

My minion Justin Longo wonders whether, in the absence of our Constitution and thus our Second Amendment, how we could make a positive case for our human right of self-defense, which comes with it, our right to bear arms. In this iVoices.org podcast, Research Director Dave Kopel answers that question and provides some background in [...]

The Progressives and the Tea Parties

by Joshua Sharf | 2:59 pm, February 6, 2011

I love essays.  I love the essays of E.B. White and Joseph Epstein.  Some authors who have fine bodies of work in other fields, I know mostly through their essays: Cynthia Ozick and Stephen King come to mind.  They are enough to stimulate, while leaving enough room as an exercise to reader to keep from [...]

Whose House Is It, Anyway? – Part II

by Joshua Sharf | 5:37 pm, January 7, 2011

In this morning’s Denver Post, the organization Historic Denver, Inc. has an oped defending Denver’s demolition ordinance.  This isn’t in and of itself surprising, and neither is the fact that people who seek to extend their rights over your property would commit a number of logical fallacies, while employing all sorts of rhetorical sleight of [...]

Breaking New Ground

by Joshua Sharf | 2:43 pm, December 31, 2010

When Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to politicize oversee the BP restitution process, many of us were worried that even under the best of circumstances, the government was forfeiting confidence in the process to gain some expediency.  Now, it turns out that Feinberg was worried, too: BP money is being used to pay $950 an hour [...]

Remind Me Again, Who Paid For This House?

by Joshua Sharf | 2:04 pm, December 31, 2010

The Denver Post reported earlier this week that someone who bought a house – and the land it sits on – managed to retain the right to demolish it and build a new house.  Gary Yourtz bought a nice, mid-century modern house at 825 S. Adams St. for $1.1 million, planning to raze the place [...]

Legislators Weep as Decreased Property Values Decrease Revenues

by PerlStalker | 12:18 am, December 22, 2010

From the Denver Post:

The assessed value of property in Colorado declined this year and is expected to do so again next year — marking the first decline since the state’s real estate troubles in the 1980s and spelling more financial woes for the s…

Government Cheese

by Jon Caldara | 2:45 pm, December 6, 2010

Not only will any economist worth their salt advise against it, our state constitution prohibits it: corporate welfare. It truly is the crown jewel of state granted political favors. It accomplishes two distinct ends simultaneously. First is the obvious direct payment (or tax break) to the private firm receiving the welfare. They enjoy the subsidy [...]

BLM Memo Sets Vision For 21st Century Land Grab

by Chuck Moe | 3:32 pm, August 16, 2010

A Bureau of Land Management internal draft memo (“Treasured Landscapes — Our Vision, Our Values”) sets a vision for the 21st century. In this vision, an additional 130-140 million acres of land will be designated treasure land. This is “roughly equivalent in size to Colorado and Wyoming combined.” Some of this land is in Colorado.

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