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Ten reasons America needs partisan politics

Sunday, 29 April 2012 08:10 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Apr. 29) If I undertook to write about partisan politics for dummies, I’d immediately have your attention.  Many people think that’s all partisan politics is for.  It’s everyone’s favorite pun... [More]
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Head On TV: Unlimited government dismays Americans

Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:02 by John Andrews
The lesson already from Supreme Court deliberations over the constitutionality of Obamacare is that unlimited government makes most Americans queasy, says John Andrews in the April round of Head On TV debates. No, replies Susan Barnes-Gelt, the big t... [More]

Vanity Fair: Passing through or settling in?

Saturday, 14 April 2012 12:39 by John Andrews
  What we generally take for granted as "the world around us," the great John Bunyan described figuratively as a colorful, raucous, irresistible riot of carnal commerce called Vanity Fair.  The whole thing, he warned, is set up to turn us f... [More]

'Parliament has not the competence'

Sunday, 1 April 2012 15:17 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) Is there any limit to the power of Congress?  That's really the question we heard argued before the Supreme Court in last week's Obamacare debate, and which the nine justices are now sorting out as the nation waits.  I know, I ... [More]

Romney-Santorum rematch looms in Colorado

Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:54 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Mar. 25) A few days before Rick Santorum upset Mitt Romney in the Colorado caucuses, he made a campaign stop at Colorado Christian University, where I work.  As it was ending, several students asked the former senator if he wo... [More]
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Head On TV: War Drums, Hick Punts, Obama Stumbles

Saturday, 17 March 2012 11:08 by John Andrews
The president rightly rebuked the GOP presidential contenders for "casualness" in regard to a potential war with Iran, says Susan Barnes-Gelt in the March round of Head On TV debates. No, replies John Andrews, Obama merely hopes to distract from his ... [More]

Who needs a governor anyway?

Sunday, 26 February 2012 10:10 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Feb. 26) "An empty taxi drove up to 10 Downing Street,” joked Winston Churchill about the man who defeated him for prime minister in 1946, “and out of it stepped Clement Attlee.”  Droll, but Attlee laughed last.&n... [More]

Protestants, Catholics & Jews unite against HHS mandate

Friday, 10 February 2012 08:39 by John Andrews
As the Obama administration clumsily attempts damage control on the HHS mandate for religious institutions to pay for abortifacient drugs, abortion counseling, sterilization, and contraception, Americans must not lose sight of the full scope and mena... [More]

Land of the less and less free

Sunday, 29 January 2012 12:57 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Jan. 29) So now we’ve heard the State of the Union according to Obama and the State of the State according to Hickenlooper.  We’ve seen Gingrich’s debating prowess and Romney’s tax returns, Santorum&rsq... [More]

My 2012 survival kit

Saturday, 31 December 2011 07:21 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Jan. 1) “Let us eat and drink,” said the beautiful people at last night’s glittering parties, “for tomorrow we shall die.”  Maybe they thought their insouciance fitting as 2011 ticked away, but they co... [More]