Do You Care About Freedom?
Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? We can’t! You know what else we can’t believe? Colorado Gives Day is only 17 days away! But it’s more than just a day. And it shouldn’t just benefit the Left! To be fair, Colorado Gives Day is a great way to encourage folks to give to great charities, […]
Freedom On Tap: Election Wrap-Up
The dust may have yet to settle on the presidential election, however, results are in for Colorado’s Congressional races and ballot measures, including our resounding success to lower state income taxes. And I think it’s safe to say we all need a drink. Join us virtually for our post-election Freedom on Tap this coming Tuesday, 11/10 at 7:00pm MT as we […]
The Last Imperative Step to a Tax Cut
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that our income tax cut, Proposition 116, made the ballot and the opposing progressive tax hike did not. The bad news is that our success has ignited a fury from big government Progressives, and they’re using every weapon at their disposal to ensure our failure on the […]
Why Jon’s taking legal action against his son’s school
As my friend and former U.S. Representative Bob Schaffer says, no taxation without education. Pardon the highly personal nature of this note, but I’m hoping you can help me reach other parents of disabled children to let them know that I’m taking legal action against Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in hope of restoring my son’s […]
Read Jon in the NEW Denver Gazette!
I used to write a weekly column for the once-monolithic Denver Post. However, my politically incorrect views and the non-victim-centered words I use on paper and in-person were a problem for the Post. When I wrote that there are only two sexes, male and female, that was the last straw. Even though I was their most-read columnist, […]
Independence Institute offices robbed!
Our offices were broken into over the weekend. A great deal of equipment was stolen, a fair amount of damage done. All of us here feel violated. And we all, myself especially, feel we didn’t do enough to protect our Freedom Embassy, the hub of the center-right movement in Colorado. But the fault is not […]
197,000
197,000 That’s how many signatures we delivered to the Secretary of State’s office this morning to get our #RealFairTax cut on this fall’s ballot. Do you have any idea how long it took me to forge that many signatures? But seriously, it was great joining State Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, my co-proponent on Initiative 306, to […]
Remembering my late daughter, Parker, and saying mean things about Kay McDivitt
Kay McDivitt seems like a nice lady. But she’s not. Not by a longshot. She works as a doctor at Children’s Hospital on the magnificent Anschutz Medical Campus, which is fine, I guess, if you think children are valuable or whatever. She is also the reason Independence Institute proudly houses a beautiful, life-sized bronze statue […]
Humorist P. J. O’Rourke this week
These last several weeks have been super serious, so we’re sitting down to laugh with legendary political satirist P.J. O’Rourke. Some of my fave P. J. truisms: The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says […]
Damage Around our Offices after Riots
Years ago, when we bought our headquarters building, nicknamed the Freedom Embassy, we had many goals. Among those goals was to be close to the state capitol in Denver, so that we and our center-right allies could have more access and influence with lawmakers. This beachhead in enemy territory —there are scores of left-wing outfits […]
Help Energize our Economy with a Tax Cut!
This week, we at Independence started a petition drive for a very big idea in the form of a tiny, little tax cut. Why? We must energize our economy. And in order to do that people need to be able to use more of their own money. It’s time to lower taxes and get people […]
When Drinking Good Wine is Illegal, Only Outlaws….
Often the left has used this quote while chanting “dissent is patriotic,” as they burn flags and lay down in middle of streets. By contrast, real civil disobedience today is opening your business, hiring people, and paying your taxes. One brave winery owner heeded the wise words of Jefferson and opened her business in defiance of government overreach. Forget the […]
