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By John Andrews

Will the USA be around to celebrate 2076? Or will America’s goodness and glory be but a sad memory to our grandchildren? Historians warn that great nations undo themselves with moral and fiscal laxity after about 250 years. My new book, Responsibility Reborn: A Citizen’s Guide to the Next American Century, looks at our chances More >

(Denver Post, Jan.29) So now we’ve heard the State of the Union according to Obama and the State of the State according to Hickenlooper. We’ve seen Gingrich’s debating prowess and Romney’s tax returns, Santorum’s sweaters and Ron Paul’s scowl. But how much does that really tell us about the shape America is in? If we’re not the land of the free, we’re nothing, right? Economists James Gwartney, More >

Obama’s goals and record will make a stark contrast with those of Mitt Romney or whoever the GOP nominates, says John Andrews in the January round of Head On TV debates. Hardly, scoffs Susan Barnes-Gelt: Romney’s positions are vague and the overall Republican field is weak. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month More >

Have you observed two reoccurring events in the news?  First, there is murder followed by a suicide.  Is this the result
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I’m a no-vote on Prop 103, and so should you be. The ballot issue raising Colorado’s income tax rate and sales tax rate
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Despite the wrong-headed Colorado statute barring party affiliations from the ballot in local elections, we all know it matters a lot
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Do you agree that Americans must revive responsibility or lose our liberty, as John Andrews warns in his new book Responsibility Reborn? Then join us when
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President Obama has joined Mexico’s side by suing Arizona for trying to protect its borders. He has joined unions in opposing the governor of Wisconsin,
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President Obama proclaimed that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which states that marriage is between one man
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Republicans in the state Senate and House huddled with Tea Party leaders on Jan. 6, just hours after my column
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Bob McConnell, who twice in the past five months told Republicans in western Colorado he was their man for high office, today set some kind of record by quitting the party
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Some timeless wisdom for Obama: “This country has achieved its commercial and financial supremacy under a regime of private ownership.
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So our beloved Broncos have found their home next to the Titanic. At the bottom. In a sea of darkness. Hopes and dreams quite literally drowned.
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