BackboneAmerica

By Jay Ambrose

(Scripps Howard Syndicate, June 13) Just maybe, possibly, conceivably we’ve come to a non-violent revolutionary moment in America, and here’s one reason I think so: A Denver area conference. Called the Western Conservative Summit 2010, it impressed me not just because of the recitation of principles to which I subscribe — individual liberty, limited government, constitutionalism, strength in the face of our enemies — but because of the mood conveyed by both the audience of some 600 and more than a dozen speakers. Their disposition struck me as cheerful, positive and informed more by an idea of mission than anger at the other side. More >

(Denver Post, July 4) Hecklers, on guard. On this Independence Day, in a stormy election year when Americans are out of sorts, I’m fool enough to mount a soapbox and orate upon the proposition that “politics” should be an honored word, not a dirty word, in our vocabulary. More >

Segment 1 Ross Kaminsky and guest J. Christian Adams
Segment 2 Ross Kaminsky and guest Tom Tancredo
Segment 3Ross Kaminsky

For a governor who will turn Colorado right, Republican businessman Dan Maes is “the man for the moment,” says John Andrews in the July round of Head On TV debates, reacting to the implosion of previous front-runner Scott McInnis. Susan Barnes-Gelt has scathing words for both GOP contenders while ignoring John Hickenlooper, her fellow Democrat. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month More >

Hundreds, soon to be thousands, who believe that freedom is in the balance are adding their names to the Lone Tree Declaration,
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RNC Chair Michael Steele’s recent comments on Afghanistan – which he derisively called “Obama’s war” while questioning the potential for victory – found pockets of support across the political spectrum. 
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Coloradans who love liberty and limited government are alarmed at the government takeover of health care, one-sixth of our economy,
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Poor Bubba. Not only is he exposed as Obama’s messenger boy in the sleazy Sestak affair, but now friends report he is absolutely livid
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Well, well. So my former legislative colleague and adversary Andrew Romanoff now styles himself a man of “backbone” in the Democratic
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There were two revealing stories about President Obama in the same day’s paper. In the first, the White House defended its effort
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Four years ago, Colorado voters decided to trust Democrats with complete control of state government – the governor’s
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In today’s economy everyone is looking for ways to better manage their money. It is important that we also find someone qualified to manage our state tax money.
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Hillary Clinton’s statements on the Israeli flotilla situation might well have been replaced with, “blah, blah, blah.” 
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Bad teachers beware! Colorado now has a law that ties teacher tenure to student performance, finally. Thursday at 7:00 on 710 KNUS
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