Caldara’s Newsletter 10-4-17
After years of standing firm, my daughter used her super-powers of daddy-manipulation, and, well, I caved. We now have a dog. I’m pretty sure it thinks its name is “No!” But get this, it came with the name “Gary.” Gary? Who names a dog Gary? Now when it gets out of the yard I’ll be running around the neighborhood yelling, “Gary! Gary!” like my gay boyfriend just ran out on me (not, not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Colorado’s coming special session of deception
A quick refresher for those who have a life, and don’t follow how special interests run the legislature: The first big deception leading to this special session was how the legislature expanded Medicaid, putting nearly one out of every four Coloradans on welfare without any permanent way to fund it. They should have gone to the voters and asked if we wanted to pay for this massive expansion of Obamacare. Knowing we’d overwhelmingly reject it, they of course did it anyway.
Economic inequality is Public Enemy No. One
by Jon Caldara A warning to my friends on the political right: Economic inequality is real. And the blowback from it could blindside us and cause a seismic leap to the left from which we may not return. Or let me try it another way. We’re all feeling it: a political tribalism rippling through the […]
The slow, poisonous creep of government intrusion
You know how in a good spy movie the spy has spent years building up a tolerance to some deadly poison, so when he poisons all the drinks, his victims die, but he doesn’t? Well, using that as mental model … It finally happened. The TSA Pre-Check line at Denver International Airport was longer than […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 08-23-17
As a nation, we’re still wrapping our collective heads around the ugliness of racism and neo-Nazi rallies like the ones in Charlottesville. I believe this is a dying gasp from a fading, ignorant mindset. Racism isn’t growing, it’s fading. Just look at the rates of interracial marriage and children. The real issue is economic stagnation. […]
One transsexual Doctor too many
Each time you flip a coin there is a 50-50 chance it will land heads-up. But the chances of it landing heads two times in a row are 1-in-4. Three times in a row is 1-in-8, and so on. The chances of it landing heads-up 13 times in a row are a whopping 1-in-8,192. And […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 08-10-17
It’s ATF Party Time! There are so many things the modern progressive just cannot handle: people choosing their own healthcare plan, educational choice, private property rights. But it’s the little things that might annoy them most, like a man enjoying a cigar they have yet to outlaw, a woman sipping one-too-many martinis, and of course, […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 07-28-17
As I’ve mentioned before, in the quarter century I’ve been an activist in Colorado politics I have never witnessed such a betrayal of taxpayers by Republicans as I did this last legislative session. State senate leadership caved like a Dixie-cup to a half-billion dollar per year tax increase and a multi-billion dollar debt package.
Caldara’s Newsletter 07-21-17
Chance is the frat brother I never had. While some people (read Amy Cooke) keep trying to get me to own up to my own immaturity, Chance takes no such responsibility for his. His naughtiness screams, “I can do this because I have Down Syndrome and you are powerless to stop me, so just enjoy it.”
Caldara’s Newsletter 07-18-17
The Western Conservative Summit, put on by our friends at the Centennial Institute, starts Friday. We hope you’ll join us for one or both fascinating workshops taught by members of our team of happy freedom fighters.
President Trump wrestled a logo and won. Thanks, media!
Fake, petty conflict is the mainstay of reality TV, and our president is a master. He uses the media to delivery his message directly to the people, sadly, in a language modern Americans understand.
Caldara’s Newsletter 06-28-17
We are so excited about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Trinity Lutheran case, and what that could mean for the students in Douglas County and throughout the nation.
