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Can we keep America exceptional?

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 09:58 by Peg Brady
President Obama insists that America is not exceptional. Yet for his flawed economic policies to work, he must rely on an amazing degree of exceptionalness. Like any nation, we are not exempt from the consequences of ill-considered choices. We have ... [More]
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Unchecked government, once England's nemesis, now threatens America

Monday, 31 December 2012 15:34 by Peg Brady
Government’s responsibility “is to preserve the independence of property, on which is founded all human liberty and all human excellence,” explained Princeton history professor Lawrence Stone in his book The Causes of the English Re... [More]

What I saw at Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day

Friday, 3 August 2012 14:58 by Peg Brady
You recall that Emanuel Rahm Emanuel, Obama's pal and the smarmy mayor of Chicago, wants to ban Chick-fil-A from doing business in Chicago because its CEO proclaimed his allegiance to traditional marriage.That's a massive, unequivocal violation of ou... [More]
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The myth of 'government money'

Friday, 10 February 2012 08:31 by Peg Brady
Another bailout - mortgage banks, this time.  Issuing and taking loans requires careful, fact-based deliberation by both the lending agency and the loan recipient.  Instead, those making irresponsible fiscal decisions rely on the gover... [More]
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Prager & Hewitt energize Coloradans at 'Obama 365' rally

Saturday, 12 November 2011 04:08 by Peg Brady
Editor: Five hundred Colorado conservatives filled the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock on Nov. 7 for the “Obama 365” rally sponsored by Salem radio stations KNUS and KZNT, one year out from Election Day 2012.  Featured sp... [More]

Immigration favoritism mocks the rule of law

Sunday, 21 August 2011 10:22 by Peg Brady
Again the Obama administration announced that bureaucrats may decide when they will ignore laws.  This instance involves illegal immigrants.  But that’s not the point.  The true problem is inconsistent, arbitrary application of g... [More]
Categories:   immigration | Obama
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Summit Diary of a Tea Party Patriot

Wednesday, 3 August 2011 03:17 by Peg Brady
Editor: Peg Brady of Centennial, Colorado, a tireless grassroots worker for constitutional government and conservative reform, is first to file again this year, as she was in 2010, with a comprehensive journal of key points and memorable moments from... [More]

No 'czars' needed, thank you

Monday, 27 June 2011 15:45 by Peg Brady
('76 Contributor) In the June 2011 issue of Natural History, Stanford University biology professor Deborah Gordon explains, “Ant colonies work without central control….  No ant gives instructions to another, or decides for another w... [More]
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Time has come for a Balanced Budget Amendment

Tuesday, 14 June 2011 14:40 by Peg Brady
Ken Buck spoke yesterday at a Centennial Institute forum on the federal-level Balanced Budget Amendment.  While Congress debates raising the debt limit yet again, the long-term strength of our economy becomes ever more threatened. Permittin... [More]
Categories:   Budget | Taxes & spending
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Assaf spells out threat of jihad & sharia at CCU briefing

Sunday, 13 March 2011 13:53 by Peg Brady
Here are my notes from a briefing by Dr. Bruce W. Assaf on “Understanding Radical Islam,” presented by the Centennial Institute on the campus of Colorado Christian University, March 9, 2011.  An audience of about 100 students and com... [More]