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  • The Mass Transit Delusion0

    • December 10, 1997

    There is no truth to the belief that light rail improves traffic congestion. A look at the failure of light rail in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere shows how wise Denver-area voters were to reject light rail in a landslide.

    Locals in Portland report “light rail actually put more cars on the road.” Portland’s Environmental Coalition opposes building more rail because light rail forces more people into cars. Portland’s experience is not unique.

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  • Department of Justice Threatens Colorados High-Tech Future0

    • December 3, 1997

    Boulder and Colorado Springs dont see themselves as having much in common. Yet both are enjoying an economic boom fueled by high-tech entrepreneurs. So is much of the rest of Colorado, and the United States. Not by coincidence, the most productive sector of our economy is the sector least controlled by Washington, D.C. But the glory days of the high-tech boom may be coming to an end, thanks to recent actions by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ).

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  • Reforming Post-Secondary Education in Colorado0

    • December 1, 1997

    This study is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of private post secondary schools, based on survey data from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and the Colorado Private School Association. In this report we explore the growth of the Colorado economy and the demands that growth is creating for education and training of the labor force. We compare the benefits and costs of private and public post secondary schools from the perspective of Colorado citizens and taxpayers. This analysis is the basis for policy recommendations to improve the efficiency and equity of post secondary education. The following is a summary of the major findings in the study.

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  • Anti-Smoking Zealots Snuff the Rule of Law0

    • November 13, 1997

    Representative Diana DeGette recently introduced a bill in Congress to raise the legal age for cigarette smoking from 18 to 21. This will protect Our Children from the horrors of cigarette smoking. Ms. DeGette and her colleagues consider 18 year olds mature enough to drive, work, vote, go to war, marry, fornicate, and have abortions. Heaven forbid that they should be allowed to smoke.

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  • Bible Supports Death Penalty0

    • October 29, 1997

    On October 13, 1997 at 8:33 p.m., the State of Colorado executed Gary Davis, who had been convicted in 1986 for the brutal rape, torture and murder of Virginia “Ginny” May of Byers. Davis was the first convicted murderer to be executed in Colorado in thirty years, a hiatus that had resulted largely from court rulings on the constitutionality of capital punishment.

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  • The Common School Movement in Colorado0

    • October 15, 1997

    With hotly-contested school board election campaigns going on all over the state, theres no shortage of candidates promising that they can fix the public schools. But the fundamental problem with education is that the government doesnt trust us to educate our children.

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