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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…)

Tune in tonight, Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7pm on 710 KNUS in Denver and streaming at 710knus.com, when Centennial Institute presents (more…)

I’m helping lead a study trip for Colorado Christian University in Washington Dc, May 10-15. Updates will appear on our ’76 Blog, (more…)

What forces in America’s economy and culture are threatening the survival of newspapers and diverting audiences to other information sources? What are the consequences for us as citizens in a free society? How can we take charge in the emerging new paradigm; or can we? Discuss all this with Centennial Institute panelists at Issue Friday, May 1, 10:00-11:00 am, on the Colorado Christian University campus. (more…)

(Denver Post, Apr. 19) “The trouble with the eco-crusader is that his false guilt and his false fears feed endlessly upon each other.” With Earth Day coming up on Wednesday, I remembered this line from an old presidential speech. Can you guess who said it? “From the emotional remorse that we have sinned terribly against nature,” it continues, “there is but a short step to the emotional dread that nature will visit terrible retribution upon us. (more…)

Amazingly enough there was an actual debate on global warming the other night. True, Al Gore and his followers in “The Church Of Global (more…)

Climatologist James White debated author and attorney Christopher Horner on policy responses to global warming, April 8 at the Lakewood (more…)

(Lakewood, Feb. 3) Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews has been appointed Director of The Centennial Institute, a new think tank being created by Colorado Christian University, CCU President Bill Armstrong announced today. The new entity (more…)