Devils Advocate Archive 2011
2011 Show Archive January 7th and 10th – Colorado Education Reform Tune in to Devil’s Advocate this Friday night as host Jon Caldara is joined by former Colorado Commissioner of Education William Moloney and the Independence Institute’s Education Policy Center Director Pam Benigno to discuss how Colorado’s public schools can change how they do business […]
Devils Advocate Archive 2012
2012 Show Archive January 6th and 9th – Colorado Political Predictions 2012 Hey, invite some friends, break out some adult beverage and get the political New Year started this Friday night by tuning in to Devil’s Advocate as Denver Post editorial page editor Curtis Hubbard and Colorado Springs Gazette editorial page editor Wayne Laugesen give […]
Devils Advocate Archive 2013
2013 Show Archive January 4th (Re-aired on January 8th) – Part 1: House Speaker Mark Ferrandino on What to Expect in 2013 Incoming Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Mark Ferrandino sits down with Independence Institute president Jon Caldara to chat about what to expect in the upcoming legislative session. Watch the episode here. […]
Devils Advocate Archive 2014
2014 Show Archive January 3rd (Re-aired on the 6th) – The Women of Independence Speak Their Minds The women of the Independence Institute (Amy Oliver Cooke, Linda Gorman, Pam Benigno, and Raaki Garcia-Ulam) join host Jon Caldara to discuss women’s issues in Colorado. Topics include health care, energy, regulations, debt, and how to make liberty […]
Devils Advocate Archive 2015
2015 Show Archive January 2nd (Re-aired on the 5th) – A Look Back at 30 Years of the Independence Institute Three Independence Institute presidents in one room?! It can’t be! Former Independence Institute presidents John Andrews (who also founded I.I.) and Tom Tancredo join current president Jon Caldara to discuss 30 years of think tank […]
Amendment 69: What You Need to Know About the "ColoradoCare" Single-Payer Health Care Measure
IB-F-2015 (Feb 2015) Author: Linda Gorman PDF of full Issue Backgrounder Executive Summary: In November 2016, voters will decide on Amendment 69, a state constitutional amendment which would create ‘ColoradoCare,’ a single-payer, government run health care system in Colorado.
New “Article V Information Center” Helps Federal Reform Efforts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2015 Contact: Rob Natelson, 303-279-6536, ext. 114 or Rob@i2i.org New “Article V Information Center” Helps Federal Reform Efforts DENVER — The burgeoning “convention of states” movement wants to save the republic, and the Independence Institute is pitching in to help. The Institute’s new “Article V Information Center” website provides journalists, […]
Colorado and the 'Clean Power Plan: Expensive, Ineffective, Illegal, and Impossible
As part of the Obama administration’s agenda to address global warming, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced new regulations with the purpose of reducing carbon emissions. Titled the “Clean Power Plan,” the controversial rules:
Obama's transportation plan is fiscal fantasy
by Randal O’Toole President Obama’s latest transportation “vision” is as unrealistic as California Governor Brown’s plan to pay for high-speed rail with cap-and-trade revenues. Obama proposes that Congress spend $302 billion on surface transportation over the next four years, or $75.5 billion a year. This is nearly $25 billion more per year than Congress is […]
Without tolls, HWY 36 expansion wouldn't happen
by Peter Blake You could hardly buy an environmental impact statement today for the $6.3 million the Colorado Highway Department spent on the land, labor, bulldozers, concrete, rebars and bridges needed for the original Denver-Boulder Turnpike more than 60 years ago. Not that they needed EIS paper shufflers then. But the obvious question is: Why […]
Unrealized Value: Colorado's Energy Development on Federal Land
Relative to other states in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado is underutilizing its federal land for energy development, specifically for oil and gas development. On average, the states in the Mountain West region produce 40 percent of their oil, and 50 percent of their natural gas on federal land. Meanwhile, Colorado produces 10 percent of its oil, and 20 percent of its natural gas on federal land.
State & Local Corporate Welfare
State and local governments spend $80 billion a year trying to attract businesses away from each other, reports the New York Times. This is a giant zero-sum game, the paper suggests, and in fact may even slow growth in some areas by increasing the tax burden. The Times even admits that it has received $24 […]
