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This morning I called Dan Maes to withdraw my endorsement and urge him to end his candidacy, for the public good. As a conscientious (more…)

One need not be Christian or Jewish to embrace America’s founding principles, but there is no denying that those principles are rooted in the Old and New Testaments. So it’s strange to see individuals or institutions that profess allegiance to the Bible but disallow its relevance to the way we govern ourselves. For those who say Scripture is authoritative, it should guide them not only in religion on Sundays, but also in politics, economics, and academics (more…)

Freedom of religion settles it as far as building the Ground Zero mosque is concerned, says Susan Barnes-Gelt in the August round of Head On TV debates; so ignore the “dittohead” opposition and build it. Absolutely not, says John Andrews. “To erect a Muslim shrine on a Muslim killing field is just wrong.” John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month (more…)

An obscure federal rulemaking, rolling rapidly through the US Department of Education, could put private colleges under the political (more…)

(Denver Post, Aug. 15) “I don’t know what the future holds,” my biblically-minded friends will say, “but I know Who holds the future.” Thus grounded, they’re able to be calm, courageous, confident, and cheerful in the face of adversity. Amidst a Republican base disheartened over the struggle to pick our nominee for governor, I am of good courage for a similar reason – political rather than theological. Even though I don’t know who will stand for my party this fall, I know what my party stands for. (more…)

“For Governor of Colorado in these tough times, Dan Maes the Tea Party conservative beats John Hickenlooper the Park Hill liberal hands down. (more…)

What is called in the law a Scotch verdict, an agnostic shrug of “not proved,” is my sad and reluctant conclusion (more…)

(Denver Post, Aug. 1) The other day in Starbucks I overheard Reagana, a personal trainer and Tea Party mom, debating with McDole, her CPA and a moderate Republican. “You can still support McInnis after everything we know about him? With Colorado on the brink, you’re telling me he’s the governor we need?” Doggedly but without enthusiasm, McDole pointed out the GOP veteran’s experience as a legislator and congressman, his litany of endorsements, his feisty campaign style and fundraising prowess. As for plagiarism, heck, Joe Biden did it, Dr. King did it, (more…)

Hundreds, soon to be thousands, who believe that freedom is in the balance are adding their names to the Lone Tree Declaration, (more…)

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…)

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…)

Coloradans who love liberty and limited government are alarmed at the government takeover of health care, one-sixth of our economy, (more…)

Slated on Backbone Radio, July 4

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Ross Kaminsky writes: On this Independence Day weekend, Backbone Radio is pleased to offer you a very special two hour discussion with Professor Tom Krannawitter, formerly of the Claremont Institute and Hillsdale College, who as of this week has joined the political science faculty of Colorado Christian University. Professor Krannawitter, the author of Vindicating Lincoln, is one of the nation’s leading experts on the American founding, (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…)

“Bad show, Mr. President,” says John Andrews in the June round of Head On TV debates, concluding the botched Gulf oil spill shows Obama is in over his head as president. But Susan Barnes-Gelt faults him only on doing too little to save the planet. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month (more…)