All Violent Crimes are Hate Crimes
The Denver press reported on Saturday September 25 that two Wyoming prison escapees were suspected in the robbery/murder of a gay man, Dan OBrien. In the middle of the Posts report on the incident, the following comment was included: [Police spokesman Virginia] Lopez said police believe the suspects may have befriended men they thought to be gay because they saw them as easier targets for robbery. She also said it did not appear the suspects were motivated by hate.
Is Early Intervention Safe?
The hubris of the “mental health community” was prominently displayed following the Ft. Worth shootings when Joe Lovelace, past president of the Texas affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, gave an advance view of its agenda. “When,” he asked, “will society recognize its better to intervene early than to wait and play the odds the person is going to act in a way tragic enough that societys going to respond?”[1]
Where Theres Money Theres Muck
This turn of phrase is an apt description of the Colorado Legislature during the past year. It is no secret that the state government is awash in money due to the rapid growth of the Colorado economy. Most of the increased revenue is generated by the income tax. Revenue has been increasing much more rapidly […]
Imbalance of Power
The lesson of the latest evidence in the Waco case is that powerful centralized governments endanger both life and liberty. The founding fathers of the United States knew this. Not content to rely on limiting the U.S. governments lawful activities, they also created multiple centers of power within it.
Let Those Who Receive The Benefits Pay The Costs
I-25 between Broadway Street and Lincoln Avenue is the most congested highway in Colorado. Nearly all of Denver’s 2,3 million people are impacted by the traffic on this relatively small 16 mile stretch of freeway. Traveling the highway sometimes takes more that an hour during peak periods. Regular commuters are frustrated, and the “Mile High Salute” is often performed on I-25 with a single finger. Visitors to Denver have flashbacks of their travels on other parking-lot-like freeways in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New Jersey. Rural residents are afraid to visit simply because of the heavy traffic. Even motorists who try to avoid the freeways are faced with overcrowded arterial streets flooded by like-minded hoards. Everyone who drives in and through Denver knows that something has to be done with I-25.
RTD's Tradition of Deception
Like here in Denver, the Orange County Transportation Authority in California has expressed an interest in constructing light rail. The conflict of interest is obvious. If OCTA finds in favor of LRT, it gets a bigger budget, more staff, more prestige, and more power.
Suspecting that the OCTA might be overstating the benefits, a Grand Jury was convened to investigate the claims being made by the local transit agency and to study the process by which this decision will be made.
Concealed Carry Now
nbsp; Criticizing the OCTA for doing more promoting than studying, the Jurys analysis suggests that Orange County would experience, negligible impact on traffic congestion, less effectiveness than predicted, more expense than predicted, an inflexible system, and no improvement in commuter travel times, energy conservation, or safety. The Jury went on to instruct OCTA to amend […]
Defying Darwin
From the coverage, one would think that the Kansas Board of Education voted to require Kansas schools to indoctrinate the kiddies with the notion that the world was created in 4004 B.C. by angels dancing on the head of a pin. Claiming that the board voted to delete virtually any mention of evolution from the […]
Are College Grads Paid More for Knowing Less?
Critics of higher education claim that todays college graduates know far less than those of forty years ago. At the same time, students of U.S. labor markets claim that a college degree is worth more than ever. Have American institutions of higher education discovered a modern philosophers stone? Can students study less, party more, and watch their future wages turn to gold?
Are College Grads Paid More for Knowing Less
Critics of higher education claim that todays college graduates know far less than those of forty years ago. At the same time, students of U.S. labor markets claim that a college degree is worth more than ever. Have American institutions of higher education discovered a modern philosophers stone Can students study less, party more, and […]
Deifying Darwin
From the coverage, one would think that the Kansas Board of Education voted to require Kansas schools to indoctrinate the kiddies with the notion that the world was created in 4004 B.C. by angels dancing on the head of a pin. Claiming that the board voted to delete virtually any mention of evolution from the […]
Surplus Expenditures in Colorado
This issue paper examines the disposition of surplus revenue in Colorado. The evidence reveals that special interests now determine the disposition of most of the surplus revenue. The result is less efficient and equitable budgetary decisions than would have been made in the absence of surplus revenue.
