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Reserve now for Centennial coming events

Thursday, 4 February 2010 07:39 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) This week Centennial Institute officially begins its second year. We're working to become known in Colorado and nationally as the open forum where current issues are tested against timeless principles.  Our Spring 2010 events calen... [More]

Imagine a better legislature

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 06:49 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) While others play the personality game of who succeeds Bill Ritter, let’s talk policy.  Imagine Colorado making itself so attractive to employers that we lead all 50 states in creating new jobs, instead of lagging in 20th plac... [More]

Nine quick hits as we exit 2009

Friday, 1 January 2010 06:54 by Mark Hillman
(Centennial Fellow) Hitting to all fields:  (1) Barack Obama may be a far better orator than George W. Bush, but when Bush delivered a message, despite his sometimes mangled syntax, everyone knew what he stood for.  Because Obama's elocutio... [More]
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How strange will 2010 be? Brace yourself

Monday, 28 December 2009 07:51 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) Also from our Head On mini-debate series on Colorado Public Television, Susan Barnes-Gelt and I vie for the oddest angle on what the New Year of 2010 might bring.  Don't hold your breath for any of this to come true, but the wacky s... [More]
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Three examples of moral authority on the wane

Friday, 6 November 2009 07:50 by Drew Goorabian
(CCU Student) In most aspects of our world today, we see the increasing absence of moral authority. Citizens in all venues of vocation are striving for premier results, success, and position, and moral authority has become forgotten and lost all mean... [More]

Fear of entitlement 'third rail' impedes fiscal rescue

Monday, 3 August 2009 10:59 by Jimmy Sengenberger
When it comes to the outrageous expansion of the federal debt, neither political party comes out unscathed.  In January of 2001, the debt was $5.7 trillion.  Now, after 8.4 years of a Bush-Obama spending spree, it stands at $11.4 trillion, ... [More]

From 1700s, an economics lesson for today

Saturday, 23 May 2009 06:40 by William Watson
Why did England have such powerful economic growth in the 17th and 18th century, while France languished?  Why did England lead the way in technological achievement, advancing into the Industrial Revolution, while France remained mired in the pa... [More]