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Though much of the focus of Barack Obama’s first six weeks in office has been on his trillion dollar economic stimulus and (more…)

Here’s more on the issue of detainees in the Global War on Terror, the story that just won’t die. After railing for years against (more…)

Emboldened that the state supreme court still hasn’t ruled on Gov. Bill Ritter’s plainly unconstitutional property tax hike, (more…)

I keep telling myself I like my job and love my students, but when the weather is mild, students’ behavior gets wild. And boy, could I use (more…)

Slated on Backbone Radio, Mar. 1

Listen every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denver… 1460 KZNT, Colorado Springs… and streaming live at 710knus.com.

Flinty old Thomas Jefferson said he’d rather have newspapers and no government than a government and no newspapers. Freedom of expression and suspicion of power should be as fundamental to us as they were to America’s founders. The passing of the Rocky Mountain News doesn’t just leave an empty place in the Colorado landscape. It points up another way (more…)

(Denver Post, Mar. 1) One thing will get Colorado out of this recession, and it’s not big government. It is the human spirit. All economic growth is the improvement of material resources by creativity and work. Silicon, ignored for eons as beach sand, became microchips humming with intelligence. Petroleum was worthless tar seeps before men made it black gold. Our state was labeled “the Great American Desert” on early maps. People transformed it (more…)

Listen to the podcast of John Andrews’ issue special on 710 KNUS, aired Feb. 26. The latest in our monthly “Under the Dome” series (more…)

E. W. Scripps has announced that Friday will be the last day of publication for the Rocky Mountain News. This is a sad day (more…)

Obama’s attempt to save America’s failing financial sector, automakers, etc., perhaps by nationalizing them, is classic socialism. (more…)

7:30PM Guest: Tom Lucero

7PM Guest: Leondray Gholston

6:30PM Guests: Ken Buck

6PM Guest: Katie Paker

5:30PM Guest: Amy Oliver

5PM Show Open John Andrews, Joshua Sharf, and Krista Kafer