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The Ruby Ridge Prosecutions 0
- August 27, 1997
Which is better: letting criminals go free, or prosecuting both a crime victim and a criminal? Folks who just want to let the criminals go should applaud the federal Department of Justices decision not to prosecute any of the federal officials involved in the fatal shootings of Vicki and Sammy Weaver, in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Folks who like seeing the innocent and the guilty prosecuted simultaneously, though, should enjoy the decision of the Boundary County, Idaho, prosecutor to bring charges against both Lon Horiuchi (who killed Vicki Weaver) and against Kevin Harris (who has already been tried and acquitted for defending himself against an attack by federal agents).
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School Vouchers Nurture Diversity 0
- July 9, 1997
Sick to death of the sorry state of the Denver Public Schools, a number of Denver citizens have filed a class action lawsuit demanding reform or, in the alternative, the ability to purchase education for their children with vouchers.
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Running Schools Like a Business 0
- June 9, 1997
Because government and private business operate under a different sets of rules, public schools are not, and never will be, like a business. Someone buying a car generally knows what combination of cost, comfort, safety, carrying capacity, reliability, and fun he wants. Many different manufacturers each market a variety of models. A buyer can try
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Bilingual Education: A Failed Experiment on the Children 0
- June 1, 1997
Bilingual education is based on the theory that the best way to make minority-language children proficient in English is to first strengthen their skills in their native languages.
A large body of research shows that native-language instruction is an inferior method of moving limited-English-proficient children to full proficiency.
Of the 18 million dollars spent on bilingual education in Colorado, 8 million is for illegal immigrants.
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That Is A Fair Trial Anyway?0
- April 9, 1997
Are Coloradoans up to the task of giving Timothy McVeigh a fair trial? Is a fair trial even possible, the media breathlessly asks, now that the whole world has heard reports that McVeigh confessed to his lawyers?
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Theyre Back, And Theyre After Your Kids 0
- March 19, 1997
Remember ColoradoCare Backed by Governor Romer, various lawmakers, the usual citizens groups, and underwritten by more than half a million dollars from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it would have required government health care for all. It was single-payer health care, the delivery system that consistently produces the worst health care on the planet.
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