Obama’s State of the Union: You’re just part of his “blueprint”

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:41 pm, January 31, 2012

This originally was published in the Boulder Daily Camera on Saturday, January 28, 2012. For refutations of the President’s flawed claims and statist economic plans, see the Cato Institute‘s website, blog, and YouTube channel.  Regarding Obama’s “Buffett tax” on millionaires, … Continue reading →

Technocrats violate our right to buy and sell incandescent light bulbs

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:35 pm, November 17, 2011

Published in APS News: Congressman Rush Holt’s’ support of the light bulb ban embodies an elitism that supplants people’s right to choose with authoritarian dictates of a technocratic ruling class. Continue reading →

Kopel on State Reciprocity and the Second Amendment

by Jon Caldara | 12:01 pm, September 21, 2011

Concealed carry is a hot topic in the federal legislature now with a bill coming out of the house called the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011 (H.R. 822). This bill would extend conceal carry rights across state lines, allowing a legal gun owner who lives in Colorado to freely move about the country with [...]

The Statesman on Our Petition Rights Event

by Jon Caldara | 1:30 pm, June 20, 2011

The Colorado Statesman is a great publication. We have long been fans of theirs and this is why we were excited when they came to our assaults on our initiative and referendum process event last month at the University Club. They wrote a great article that summed up the event nicely. They reported on the [...]

National Outlet Defends TABOR from FASTER

by Jon Caldara | 9:35 am, June 7, 2011

Bravo WorldNetDaily! If you haven’t seen this remarkable write-up of what FASTER has meant for taxpayers in Colorado then check this piece out. The article does a wonderful job of explaining the intention of our Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to those unfamiliar with it and explaining how former governor Bill Ritter’s fee infested FASTER [...]

Does Boulder’s 4-20 smoke-out denigrate a CU degree?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:29 pm, April 24, 2011

One way to deflate 4-20 is to repeal the immoral and authoritarian laws against marijuana sales and use. That’s just one reason that CU Chancellors should support marijuana legalization. Continue reading →

Donations vs. Taxes

by Brian T. Schwartz | 12:05 am, December 11, 2010

If you don’t feel comfortable forcing your friend to help someone or donate to a charity, should vote for a politician, your representative, the empowers government agents to do so?

“Consumer protection” vs. thinking for yourself

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:04 pm, September 4, 2010

From an article by Linn and Ari Armstrong: We have nothing against restaurants posting calorie notices, so long as they do it voluntarily in accordance with their customers’ shopping preferences. But mandatory postings violate the rights of property and voluntary association. Moreover, mandatory calorie postings insult the intelligence of shoppers. Do we really need some [...]

“Campus gun ban at CU Boulder ignores reality”

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:15 pm, August 2, 2010

That’s the headline the Denver Post used for my article about the University of Colorado’s gun ban, which prohibits concealed-carry permit holders from being armed on campus. It begins: Imagine this news headline: “School shooter apologizes — not for killing — but for violating CU campus gun ban.” Preposterous, right? Not to some members of [...]

CU campus concealed-carry & right to self-defense

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:35 am, July 3, 2010

Banning seat belts in cars would be immoral. Banning guns deserves equal condemnation.  Self-defense is a fundamental human right – not granted by governments, but recognized by just law. Gun bans deny peaceful people an effective means of self-defense against violent criminals, who ignore gun bans. Just as someone who disables seat belts shares responsibility [...]

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