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Election transparency overdue

Sunday, 5 December 2010 13:55 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Dec. 5) What is CoDA?  If you said a rock group, a wonder drug, or a state agency, you’re wrong.  It’s the Colorado Democracy Alliance, today’s smartphone successor to the old dialup state Democratic Party.&n... [More]

Thanksgiving Day 2010: Lucky, deserving, or blessed?

Saturday, 20 November 2010 15:46 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Nov. 21) America has a memory problem.  Most of us couldn’t tell you who our great-grandparents were.  Most people who live in Denver, Parker, Thornton, or Greeley couldn’t tell you who their hometown was named aft... [More]

Two cheers for the two parties

Sunday, 7 November 2010 02:56 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Nov. 7) Chastened. ///  The one-word opening paragraph was a Denver trademark for the late, great Gene Amole, columnist for a paper that is no more, classical DJ for a station that is no more.  You missed something special if... [More]

Election showdown: The people vs. the professors

Saturday, 23 October 2010 11:49 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Oct. 24) "Beware intellectuals. Not merely should they be kept away from the levers of power.  They should be objects of suspicion when they offer collective advice.  Intellectuals habitually forget that people matter more tha... [More]

Muslim subversion is unchecked in US, Guandolo warns

Wednesday, 20 October 2010 11:10 by John Andrews
John Guandolo, former FBI counter-terrorism expert who is now a Centennial Institute Fellow, warned in a national security briefing at CCU on Sept. 22 that the Muslim Brotherhood's efforts to erode America's liberty from are advancing with little awa... [More]

Have the Colorado Republicans come undone?

Sunday, 10 October 2010 07:14 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Oct. 10) “Not so fast,” warns the movie hero.  He’ll make sure the cad or the con man doesn’t get away with it.  One side in American politics has always been the party of “not so fast,” put... [More]

Higher ed consumers amply protected by existing regs

Friday, 8 October 2010 11:04 by John Andrews
A story in today's Denver Post about the vigilant yet balanced regulatory monitoring of Westwood College by both federal and state authorities perfectly illustrates the point made by Krista Kafer's recent policy brief and Bill Armstrong's nationally-... [More]

Before you vote on those Colorado ballot issues

Friday, 1 October 2010 09:42 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) Coloradans will begin voting by mail in mid-October, and a month from now the election will be over.  In addition to candidate races for local, state, and federal offices, there is a typically crowded ballot for statutes and constit... [More]

Wanted: Congressmen who listen

Monday, 20 September 2010 09:38 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Sept. 19) “It is essential to liberty,” wrote Madison in Federalist No. 52, “that the government should have a common interest with the people; an immediate dependence on, and an intimate sympathy with the people.&rdqu... [More]
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Election shopping list: What's off, what's on

Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:44 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Sept. 5) “McInnis: A Jobs Governor,” say the bus benches and billboards that were to give the former GOP congressman a lift toward November after he won in August; only he lost.  Still you see the slogan everywhere, as ... [More]