Doing it for The Children: The drug war against local control and parental responsibility
John Walters, the federal “Drug Czar,” recently told the editorial board of the Cincinnati Enquirer: “I believe there will come a day when we’ll wonder what took us so long to do drug testing in schools.”
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Teachers' Rights Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announces it will review a state court decision that dismissed a 1992 Washington State law protecting teachers’ rights.
America’s Greatest Invention
Despite being demonized for years, the automobile may be the greatest invention of the past 230 years. Mass-produced automobiles and their relatives, trucks and tractors, vastly increased the mobility, income, and quality of life for the average American.
The Greatest Invention: How Automobiles Made America Great
Americans are in love with their automobiles and justifiably so. For Americans, the advent of the automobile is directly related to the improvement in the quality of life including increased personal income, increased home ownership, and increased personal mobility. While critics would like to Americans to abandon their vehicles in favor of government-sponsored mass transit, this is no time to break up a long, healthy relationship.
TABOR Benefits Colorado’s Citizens: A response to misleading Video
In 2005 the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a video to help defeat proposed measures like Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) in other states. Voters in several states are considering such measures in 2006, including Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, and Oregon. The CBPP video’s message is that TABOR devastates the economy and the ability of government to fund schools, roads and health care. By understanding the truth, however, viewers will note that they have nothing to fear from passing their own TABOR. Unfortunately, they may not recognize the CBPP video for the highly misleading propaganda piece that it is.
Big Government Republicans Must Return to Reagan Roots
Every once in a while, somebody writes a book that makes you want to tie complete strangers to a chair and hold the pages in front of them until the writing burns into their eye sockets. The Elephant in the Room is just such a book. Written by journalist Ryan Sager and released only last week, it’s required reading for anyone interested in the future of American politics.
Brighton, Colorado Recognized as Charter School Leader
Brighton, CO rates as a national leader in charter school enrollment, according to an analysis by the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools.
The Uninsured Crowd the Emergency Room and Other Health Care Fairy Tales
People who want to expand government health care programs love to tell stories. An ancient fairytale currently climbing back to the top of the charts goes something like this: People who lack health insurance have no access to primary care. Because they have no access to primary care, their health problems go untreated. Minor problems become serious ones and people end up in the emergency room (ER). This costs money. You should pay more taxes so that we can save money by expanding Medicaid. Then people will have access to primary care, their minor problems will be taken care of before they become serious, and we will all save money.
Unabashed Bias: Denver dailies campaign for rather than report on Referenda C and D
Rocky Mountain News columnist Jason Salzman was correct when he wrote, “To prove a liberal bias, [you] need to show a pattern of skewed news coverage, over time, with measurable data like biased sources or headlines, improper story placement or selection, etc…. Anecdotes are meaningless. Without proof… conservatives are saying, in effect, that the News has a liberal bias because they say so.” He followed up that statement with a question: “Why should anyone believe them?” It is a classic “he said-she said” type of debate. Conservatives claim mainstream media are biased. While liberals admit that journalists are “left leaning,” they claim bias is removed during the editing process. Who is right? Does bias survive the editorial process and skew what should be objective news coverage?
