Jon Caldara, Author at Independence Institute

Listen! Constitution Posts in Audio Format, read by Rob Natelson 0
- CONSTITUTION
- February 21, 2024
Just click on the title you want to hear!
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Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado 0
- Issue Papers, Online Education
- July 17, 2013
Online tools combined with face-to-face instruction create what is known as blended learning. Effective integration of technology can allow more efficient use of instructional time and save schools money. Colorado is well positioned to implement and test blended learning programs on a larger scale. Charter and district public schools have begun to implement blended learning models and have seen promising results.
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Our Favorite Porch Pirates So Far 0
- Email Newsletters
- July 12, 2022
My first item below reminds me of a classic. A guy walks into a bar. “Did you know that in some other countries you don’t know who your wife is until you are married?” he asks the bartender. The bartender replies, “It’s the same everywhere, son.” So much passion, so much betrayal, so much…romance. All
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School’s Out for the Summer, But…0
- Email Newsletters
- July 5, 2022
Hope your Fourth was great. Thought I should share this timely news story: British Parliament Forms July 4 Commission To Investigate Colonial Insurrection. I just got a call from my alma mater, the University of Colorado, asking for a contribution. After I explained that I would never give money to a school that indoctrinates young
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Don’t Like the Candidates…0
- Email Newsletters
- June 28, 2022
I hate election time. Candidates put their signs in my front yard without asking. I don’t even know who Foreclosure is. How often during election season do you think, “Why aren’t there any good candidates running?” Especially in smaller races. That’s because the right doesn’t have much of a bench. Hell, we barely have a
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Guess Who Made a Mistake 0
- Email Newsletters
- June 22, 2022
The famed, curly-haired PBS painting teacher, Bob Ross, used to say, “There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents.” He was a lovely man. Terrible driving instructor. Hey, we all make mistakes, says the divorced guy who once bought a used Mercury Cougar and got a liberal arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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