The Obama Administration’s Contempt for Congress and the American People
The NSA spies on the American public. The CIA spies on Congress—the American public’s elected officials. The IRS targets select groups for “special treatment” based on their political views. Some days,...
View ArticleOne in Six U.S. Jobs Are in Government
As Rani Molla reports for the Wall Street Journal, “Nearly 1 in 6 jobs in the U.S. are working for the government, more than any single private industry.” Put another way, every government employee is...
View ArticleFast Buses Beat Rail
In a new op-ed for Complete Colorado, Randal O’Toole argues that governments that run transportation systems should build rapid-bus lines rather than rail lines. Rail is expensive, and rail lines serve...
View ArticlePerry Indicted for Being Governor
What’s going on in Texas? Fox News reports that Governor Rick Perry was indicted after he “threatened to veto $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County...
View ArticleThe “Unbelievably Ridiculous” Indictment of Rick Perry
Recently I wrote, “It seems to me that Perry has been indicted for acting on his authority as governor.” The alleged problem is that Perry vetoed legislation funding a bureaucracy—something fully...
View ArticlePerry Indictment “Irresponsible and Nakedly Political”
Scott Lemieux, writing for the Week, reaching a similar conclusion to the indictment of Texas governor Rick Perry that I and others have reached: “The basis for the indictment is exceptionally weak,...
View ArticleWhy Not Send All Colorado Bills to a Floor Vote?
Yesterday I waded into the middle of the conflict between Rocky Mountain Gun Owners RMGO and the Independence Institute regarding strategy over gun magazine restrictions. (This morning Mandy Connell...
View ArticleHuemer on Strengthening the Chains of the Constitution
If American government was to be bound by the “chains of the Constitution,” then surely those chains have loosened if not snapped. Michael Huemer, a philosopher at the University of Colorado at...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Colorado Elections Study Group
Dear Members of the Elections Study Group, Thank you for taking up the important matter of how to properly handle the caucus-primary season for major parties in Colorado. Due to time constraints in...
View ArticleAmendment 71 and Colorado’s Constitutional Mess
Colorado thought leaders that I deeply respect are at loggerheads over Amendment 71, the ballot measure to make it harder to amend the state constitution by voter-driven initiative. On one side, Jon...
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