Centennial Institute - CCU's Public Policy Think Tank

Colorado Christian University

Is the Spirit of 1776 outdated? Centennial Institute says no. We apply America's founding principles to current issues, helping sustain liberty for our next centennial in 2076.
Centennial Institute helps equip students for citizenship through the News21 Project on Media Bias. A recent conference was covered nationally by C-SPAN (camera in foreground).
Dozens of CCU students receive experiential learning in public policy as 1776 Scholars, mentored by Centennial Institute's director, former Sen. John Andrews.
"Faith, family, and freedom," the motto of Centennial Institute, is also the theme of CCU's campus renewal project. Institute programs will move to this new classroom building in 2014.
The Western Conservative Summit has become one of America's most respected policy conferences since its inception in 2010. Summit 2013 is set for July 26-28 in Denver.

Western Conservative Summit 2013

July 26-28, 2013
Hyatt Regency,
Denver, Colorado
"Freedom's New Day"

Scott Walker, KT McFarland, Jonah Goldberg, Kellyanne Conway and TEN OTHER STAR SPEAKERS

See program preview, hotel, and ticketing at www.westernconservativesummit.com
Why Lobato matters ◄

(Boston) Winston Churchill famously noted that few things in life are quite as exhilarating as being shot at without result. In that vein many Coloradoans felt a similar adrenaline rush upon hearing that the State Supreme Court had narrowly overturned the grotesque trial verdict in the Lobato education finance case. Of first importance is that [...]

The philosophy of the “surveillance state:” people versus patterns ◄

With the recent leaks of government spying under the NSA, the political debate of the “surveillance state” has revived itself from its former Patriotic Act life. Many are surprised by the recent oversight actions of the administration, but if one stays in line with Yale Law Professor Jack Balkin’s perspective, the expansion of political surveillance [...]

The right tactics in the wrong hands ◄

A couple of weeks ago, President Barack Obama effectively declared the war on terror was over. Now, he wasn’t entirely clear about what matrix was used to arrive at that determination. It was not that the enemy had surrendered, signed an armistice, called for a cease fire or just gave up the fight. It appears [...]

Is privacy going poof? ◄

President Barack Obama is more right than wrong in his embrace of massive data collection to help prevent terrorist attacks, but watch out, fellow Americans. Privacy in our land is going poof, this particular program has potential for grave abuse, and here is an administration that too often wanders off the ranch as ideology urges [...]

Eight centuries of the magnificent Magna Carta ◄

(’76 Contributor) June 15 commemorates the affirmation, 798 years ago, of our fundamental rights. Magna Carta, the Great Charter, confirmed “for us and our heirs in perpetuity” that the government, even the king himself, must honor citizens’ rights and operate within law and custom. Despite the fashion to demean Magna Carta, the Great Charter clearly [...]

Big brother really is watching ◄

The outrage is palpable and the sudden realization by the average American that they really, truly are now living in an Orwellian surveillance state has been an eye-opening experience for many across the fruited plain. The once mocked conspiracy theory of the all-knowing Big Brother state has shown itself to be far more of an [...]

Hickenlooper: the governor that might have been ◄

John Hickenlooper had a chance to bring a breath of fresh air to the governor’s office. Imminently likable and with a charmed political career, he could have been the rare maverick moderate Democrat – strong enough and bold enough to be a governor for all Colorado. He could have been the adult in the room [...]

Not a joking matter ◄

In his 1980s comedy routine, Yakov Smirnoff celebrated America’s free society and equality before the law, joking, “In America, you can always find a party. In Russia, party always finds you! In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you!” In the wake of scandals involving the abuse of governmental power, Americans must [...]

What if we can’t trust the government? ◄

(’76 Contributor) President Obama made a revealing statement in a June 7 press conference regarding the National Security Agency’s surveillance of cell phone and Internet records. “That’s not to suggest that you just say, ‘Trust me, we’re doing the right thing, we know who the bad guys are,’” President Obama said. “The reason that’s not how [...]

How to run against Hickenlooper ◄

(Denver Post, June 2) “Colorado can do better.” Four words, scarcely a sound bite. But if you start hearing them in reference to Gov. John Hickenlooper as 2014 approaches, you’ll know the election is not a walkover for him after all. Because when it comes to policy results from the state’s chief executive, those words [...]
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What Say You?
Media favoritism to President Obama is:

Unconscious and negligible

Purposeful and harmful

Now ending in any case
It is Written

“There is one body and one Spirit… one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”
- Ephesians 4:4,5

Meet Our Team

Leading the Centennial Institute are John Andrews, Director, and Bill Armstrong, Chairman. Both have decades of experience in Colorado's government and thought-life. Centennial Institute Fellows include Mark Hillman, Marilyn Musgrave, Douglas Groothuis, and a dozen more.

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June 2013

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Watch and Listen

Western Conservative Summit 2013 Promo Video

Kyle Clark speaks on Interviewing Obama

Robin Zubrin on Global Warming

Tribute to the Troops with Sarah Palin

Immigration Debate

Moloney & Kafer: Better Schools, Lower Budgets

Summit 2010 Highlights: 15 Hours in 10 Minutes

Ralph Reed: Faith and Politics in a Secular Age

Guandolo: Muslim subversion is unchecked in U.S.

Reviving Democratic Capitalism

Marijuana Public Policy Debate

U.S. Senatorial Candidate Forum

Climate Change Debate #1

What's New:

Western Conservative Summit 2013

See program preview, hotel, and ticketing at www.westernconservativesummit.com

Centennial Institute Video

Upcoming Events

Western Conservative Summit
Hyatt Regency Denver

Eye on Politics

What Say You?

It is Written

Meet Our Team

Learn More >

Resources

Centennial Review
June 2013

Read Online >
Subscribe Now >

Watch and Listen

Western Conservative Summit 2013 Promo Video

Kyle Clark speaks on Interviewing Obama

Robin Zubrin on Global Warming

Tribute to the Troops with Sarah Palin

Immigration Debate

Moloney & Kafer: Better Schools, Lower Budgets

Summit 2010 Highlights: 15 Hours in 10 Minutes

Ralph Reed: Faith and Politics in a Secular Age

Guandolo: Muslim subversion is unchecked in U.S.

Reviving Democratic Capitalism

Marijuana Public Policy Debate

U.S. Senatorial Candidate Forum

Climate Change Debate #1

What's New:

Western Conservative Summit 2013

See program preview, hotel, and ticketing at www.westernconservativesummit.com

Centennial Institute Video

Upcoming Events

Western Conservative Summit Hyatt Regency Denver

Eye on Politics

What Say You?

It is Written

Meet Our Team

Resources

Centennial ReviewJune 2013

Watch and Listen

Western Conservative Summit
Hyatt Regency Denver

Centennial Review
June 2013