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Barack Hussein Obama needs to straighten himself out. Growing up between Islamic teachings and socialist theories (more…)

“Thank you, Miss Marie, that was beautiful. And now, since it’s important to honor our country and our flag on such an occasion as this, (more…)

I am of Scottish and Danish stock: what could be sterner stuff? Yes, Braveheart and Norsemen. My people made Europe (more…)

Slated on Backbone Radio, June 1

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If Obama is elected President, it will be because of civic illiteracy. Is that too highbrow for you? I’m saying it will be because American politics finally turned into “American Idol,” the contest for prom king. A win for Obie will mean our process of choosing the trustees of power was emotionalized, feminized, and infantilized to the point where Madison and Hamilton wouldn’t recognize it. Backbone Radio is on a crusade to combat civic illiteracy. We’re all about self-government for grownups, (more…)

(Denver Post, June 1) It was a graduation to remember. Our grandson and his classmates looked great in their blue mortarboard caps with gold tassels. Parents beamed and cameras flashed. The speaker was brief, taking his text from Psalms: “Children are a gift from God.” Ian’s dad caught the whole thing on video. Did I mention that Ian is five, and this was preschool commencement at Hosanna Lutheran? There was hardly a dry eye in the place as the graduates gave a fine choral rendition of “Kindergarten Here We Come.” Our little crown prince won’t recall much about that day as the years pass, but be honest: (more…)

Dr. Jim Geddes, a trauma surgeon from Sedalia, will carry the Republican banner for CU Regent from the 6th congressional district (more…)

(Denver Post, May 18) “The era of big government is over,” Americans were told by Bill Clinton in 1995. If only. Since then we’ve seen his wife run for President in pursuit of a health care takeover, his buddy Al Gore propagandize for massive intervention on global warming, and his successor George Bush balloon the budget deficit. States and localities have continued to fatten as well, multiplying budgets, payrolls, and new government entities at “an astounding rate,” (more…)

While political censorship is abhorrent in a free society, political invective is democracy’s very breath of life. Yes, even when that breath (more…)

“How far do you think free speech should go?” was the question in DU’s student paper, the Clarion, March 4 edition. (more…)

Why do progressives work so diligently to weed Christianity out of the body politic? They wish to rewrite the Declaration of Independence (more…)

“Be who you are, use what you have, do what you can.” Russ Oberlin stopped me at a recent political meeting to pass along (more…)

We are Americans, and we want the best. Now! Instant gratification has become the American ethos. In roughly three generations, (more…)

It’s time for a civics lesson. “Civics” is the old-fashioned word for how to understand your country’s politics (more…)

“It is always fascinating to watch people react to the telling of the truth,” wrote Bill Buckley in his first book, God and Man at Yale. It is equally (more…)

The intra-party brouhaha over the imminent nomination of Sen. John McCain as the GOP candidate for president is, as modern elections are regularly becoming, a spiteful referendum on political conservatism. That our nation has lost its cultural, its political, and, most deeply, its spiritual way has long since been beyond doubt. The only question is (more…)