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There is lots of demand these days for government to “create” results. But policies pandering to that are misguided. Whether (more…)

Today’s lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye this morning, reminding me of a famous French proverb (more…)

The reason the so-called stimulus bill will not achieve the goals set for it is twofold: Ideology plus the Democrats’ lack of understanding (more…)

I miss Val. Val was an ornery girl when I first met her. I mistook her for a he because of her gender-bending style. But she kept me on my (more…)

Editor: A day after Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-GA, took Obama’s bait and went after radio host Rush Limbaugh this week, he ate his words. (more…)

(Adapted from Denver Post, Feb. 1) How flattering for a commentator when the President of the United States echoes your stuff. Mr. Obama and I seem to agree it’s time responsible America made a comeback. I said seem. He has far to go to earn our trust. In his inaugural address, the President called for “a new era of responsibility – a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world.” This was not a campaign theme of his, but if sincere, it’s welcome. This column has often called attention to America’s responsibility deficit, (more…)

Greatness never goes out of date. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died last year, presented at Harvard in 1978 one of the most perceptive and sobering assessments of civilization’s ills in our lifetime. The full text is below. An oft-quoted passage, sadly truer than ever, begins: “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. (more…)

When President Bush and Congress first proposed a financial bailout for Wall Street investors last September, a grassroots (more…)

7:30PM Guest: Susan Greene

7PM Guest: State Senator Ted Harvey

6:30PM Guests: Marvin Hutchens

6PM Guest: Congressman Jared Polis and Marvin Hutchens

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5PM Show Open John Andrews, Krista Kafer, Matt Dunn

5:30PM Guest: Mark Hillman

6PM Guest: Congressman Jared Polis and Marvin Hutchens

6:30PM Guests: Marvin Hutchens

7PM Guest: State Senator Ted Harvey

7:30PM Guest: Susan Greene