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(Denver Post, Jan. 4) “If it is to be, it is up to me.” Those ten two-letter words express one of the most powerful ideas you’ll ever hear, the black pastor said. They got him through time and again when his life was on the line in the civil rights struggles of the 1950s, he recalled. As the old man told his story to a college audience that day in the ‘80s, lives were changed. I know mine was. His Christian faith was deep, but this declaration of self-determination wasn’t religious. It exemplified an ethic of personal responsibility More >

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“Whew, glad to have that over with,” is the reaction by many of us as 2008 passes into history. It’s true that conservatives won few political victories, and the year gave us a cold shower economically, vindicating yet again Kipling’s realism in “The Gods of the Copybook Headings.” On the other hand, 12 months ago our goals included winning in Iraq, keeping the Clintons from reclaiming the presidency, and defending TABOR against Colorado’s spending lobby. None looked easy, More >

“Productive industry owned and run by federal bureaucrats is an impossible fantasy. It will worsen the economy, just as it did in the ‘30s,” warns John Andrews about the proposed automaker bailout in the December round of Head On TV debates. Susan Barnes-Gelt says the Detroit rescue is necessary for an “economy stuck on empty.” John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month More >

For those now condemning Israel’s decision to confront and destroy Hamas, I suggest reading Ron Rosenbaum. 
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Here is the video taken at a pro-Hamas demonstration in Florida last week by Tom Trento of WatchObsession.org, as radio listeners heard
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The Republican Party’s vitality as we enter 2009 is attested by six strong candidates vying to be chairman. Ken Blackwell of Ohio,
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Individualizing the Colorado education dollar for each student, kindergarten through undergrad, deserves a hard look in 2009. Difficult?
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As I read history, the supposed flowering of Islamic civilization a thousand years ago was not an indigenous Muslim phenomenon.
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The GOP ethical dustup over who would succeed House Minority Leader Mike May, now rendered moot by May deciding he will stay,
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“All of us now in America have a chance to show our resilience and our courage.” Shortly after 9/11, Laura Bush spoke those calming
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No one expects political campaigns to be as calm, rational and genteel as academic seminars (although even those aren’t what they used
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You’ve heard of the Battle of New Orleans, which ended the War of 1812. You may have heard of the Battle of Cowpens, a key engagement
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Satirizing politics isn’t easy; your imaginary absurdity keeps getting overtaken by the real thing. It wasn’t that long ago
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