Thanks to all those who listened to my first live on-air radio interview - and thanks once more to Senator John Andrews and the crew of Backbone Radio for having me on the air and spending more time discussing my blog than I had anticipated. But I appreciate that! Welcome to all those who are making their first visit here as a result of the on-air mention. Be sure also to visit the main page of the Rocky Mountain Alliance and follow the links to read the quality writings of my fine cohorts. To find out more about the work of the Independence Institute's Education Policy Center, including the paper mentioned on Backbone Radio, go here. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or comments about either my blog here, or about … [Read more...]
Radio Interview Tonight
I have been invited to be interviewed tonight on Backbone Radio with Senator John Andrews. If you're in the Denver metro area, tune in to 710 KNUS AM at 7:30 p.m. to hear us talk about the costliness of teacher strikes. I know you won't be going out to practice your golf game this evening, so it's either me or the TV movie of the week. I'll let you decide. If you're not in the Denver metro area, you can listen online by going to the 710 KNUS website and clicking on the "Listen Live" icon in the upper-right corner. The radio invitation comes on the heels of my Monday Speakout column - "Don't pay teachers for days on strike" - in the Rocky Mountain News. That opinion piece stemmed from my research which led to the Independence … [Read more...]
A Renewed Plea for Help
A couple of fine gentlemen from Northern Colorado - who are doing courageous, stand-up work to help parents and taxpayers take back their schools from the corrupt unions and their ties to the bureaucratic educational monopoly - need your help. I've written about them before. If nothing else, please take time to read the following letter from one of the two crusaders: Dear Friends: My name is Wayne Rutt. Together with Paul Marrick, I have filed a complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State against the Poudre Education Association. This is the teachers union in the Fort Collins school district. The hearing is scheduled for 9:00 AM on May 2, 2005, at 1120 Lincoln Street in Denver. As outlined in our complaint we believe that the … [Read more...]
Facts on Job Growth
The Rocky Mountain News highlights a report today that brings tremendous news to those who are invested in and those who enjoy the fruits of Colorado's economy: Colorado has cracked America's Top 10 in job growth just a year after ranking near the bottom - a performance called "a remarkable turnaround" by federal bank regulators. As you may recall, the lefty snarks at ProgressNow made such a big fuss over Colorado's recession-period job struggles from 2001 to 2003 after Governor Owens' State of the State speech in January. Anyone want to posit a theory as to how ProgressNow will explain this latest news development? I'd love to hear your comments. Here are a few I came up with: "Employers were hiring more workers in … [Read more...]
Forsyth-Sandoval Spotlighted
One day after I reported on leftist CSU-Pueblo professor David Sandoval's e-mail assault against conservative colleague Dan Forsyth, Rocky Mountain News editor has taken both men to task in a piece titled, "Profs acting badly." Another case of a faculty member unrepentantly out of line (and maybe soon to enjoy the spotlight - do the news pages and TV cameras have room for both Churchill AND Sandoval?). Another case of university administrators hamstrung by tenure. Hat tip to Real Clear Politics. … [Read more...]
Controversial Conservative Professor Reportedly Threatened
Developing story from CSU-Pueblo. Stay tuned... It appears that Dr. Dan Forsyth - the professor cleared of charges accusing him of creating a "racially hostile environment" in his classroom for holding conservative views on immigration - has not experienced the last of trouble. Credible sources indicate that a liberal faculty colleague of Forsyth has widely disseminated a threatening e-mail around campus. The author of the e-mail, Chicano Studies Professor David Sandoval, declared his efforts to bring radical activists in to Pueblo to "address the bigotry done" by Forsyth. The message continues: "My prediction is that before it is over there will be physical violence on this campus...." Sandoval's e-mail also invoked the radical … [Read more...]
Shameless Self-Promotion
My first opinion column ever to appear in the Rocky Mountain News runs this morning in the Speakout section: "Don't pay teachers for days on strike." With the labor dispute heating up between Denver Public Schools and the teachers' union, you'll want to get the taxpayer-friendly perspective on the issue. All right, all right. Even if the subject doesn't interest you in the least, you could at least humor me by following the link. … [Read more...]
The Phoniest of Phony Polls
Jared has already done a terrific job of highlighting the most recent advocacy of Denver's lefty online community ProgressNow, so I don't need to devote any extra time rehashing their claims that he has so effectively and articulately refuted. On their website, ProgressNow is touting its sponsored online poll showing 98 percent in favor of Governor Bill Owens signing HB1042, the measure that would require all medical facilities (including religious hospitals with deep pro-life convictions) to provide "emergency contraceptives" to rape victims. Jared highlights well the idiocy of their self-selecting survey, but it only becomes more absurd when you read the way ProgressNow words the question: Should Governor Owens allow victims of … [Read more...]
The Ugliness Has Just Begun
With a little over seven months until voters cast ballots on the soon-to-be-approved budget deal between Governor Owens and Democrat legislators, the campaign within the Capitol has already begun. And it sure looks ugly: between an anonymous flier and a state-sanctioned e-mail message, neither side comes out looking clean. … [Read more...]
Harsanyi Hits the Airwaves Opposite Hewitt
Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi - and friend of the Rocky Mountain Alliance - will be guest co-hosting today on the Caplis and Silverman radio show: 630KHOW from 3 pm to 7 pm locally here in Denver. Doubtless the range of topics will include the ongoing cloud of controversy at the University of Colorado, still looking for a replacement for President Betsy Hoffman. The RMA has issued its endorsement of Hugh Hewitt to fill Hoffman's shoes. One ventures to ask whether Hewitt's name would come up in an on-air Harsanyi conversation, since his guest-hosting gig will be competing (mostly) in the same time slot. Even if you are a devoted Hugh listener, though, tune into 630 KHOW at least from 3 to 4 pm. If you can't do that, surely … [Read more...]
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