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Debaters take on taxes, mayoralty, Japan & Libya

Saturday, 26 March 2011 10:30 by Admin
Taxes in Colorado at this time of record unemployment should be reduced, not increased, says John Andrews in the March round of Head On TV debates. Maybe you'd prefer no taxes at all, replies Susan Barnes-Gelt satirically.  John on the right, Su... [More]
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Testimony for tuition equity bill didn't sway Senate Dems

Friday, 25 March 2011 11:46 by Admin
Equity, accessibility, broader choice, and educational advantage would have been the four benefits realized for low-income college students if Colorado Senate Democrats had followed the lead of House Republicans in supporting House Bill 1168 this wee... [More]
Categories:   Higher education
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Could funding squeeze help schools? Analysts say yes

Monday, 7 March 2011 11:51 by Admin
A second consecutive year of sharp reductions to K-12 education funding in Colorado, proposed Gov. John Hickenlooper's budget, could actually help public schools improve learning performance and break out of a 30-year "Groundhog Day" cycle of ineffec... [More]

Obamacare on the way out?

Sunday, 13 February 2011 12:23 by Admin
Activist courts are at it again, this time siding with the right to strike down Obamacare, says Susan Barnes-Gelt in the February round of Head On TV debates. No, says John Andrews, Judge Vinson ruled as the founding fathers would have, and the ... [More]
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Readers criticize Boykin essay on Islam & religious freedom

Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:08 by Admin
Centennial Review, the monthly speech digest from Centennial Institute, welcomes comments and concerns from our readers.  The current issue on "Sharia Law or the Constitution? America Must Choose," by Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, US Army (Ret.), ... [More]
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'Who should win? Americans, every time,' insists Jenks

Monday, 17 January 2011 16:08 by Admin
When another speaker at Centennial's immigration debate on Jan. 12 asked rhetorically who should win and lose in the job market, Rosemary Jenks of Numbers USA burst out, "Americans should win, every time!"  It was one of the most dramatic moment... [More]
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Schultheis: Securing the border is a moral imperative

Friday, 14 January 2011 15:40 by Admin
Editor: Here is the first in our series of position papers from Centennial Institute's debate on "Immigration: Which Way America?" attended by a full house of 300 on Jan. 12 in Lakewood.  Former State Sen. David Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs)&n... [More]
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Two takes on Tucson

Thursday, 13 January 2011 11:30 by Admin
The assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is proof we need more gun control, says Susan Barnes-Gelt in the January round of Head On TV debates. Wrong, says John Andrews: gun rights enhance public safety, and the liberties of all shouldn't ... [More]
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Centennial's school reform ideas touted in National Journal

Tuesday, 4 January 2011 15:19 by Admin
National Journal Online today asked contributors to its Education Experts Blog for ideas on what 2011 may hold in school reform, since divided government in Washington means "it's likely that any changes on the federal level will be incremental. That... [More]

'Virtue socialism' as toxic as the economic kind, book warns

Thursday, 16 December 2010 10:39 by Admin
Centennial Institute Fellow Kevin Miller has brought out a book-length treatment of his provocative essay on freedom and virtue in American politics, published last year in Centennial Review. Freedom Nationally, Virtue Locally - or Socialism was... [More]