Newsletter - Independence Institute

Our Favorite Porch Pirates So Far 0
- July 12, 2022
My first item below reminds me of a classic. A guy walks into a bar. “Did you know that in some other countries you don’t know who your wife is until you are married?” he asks the bartender. The bartender replies, “It’s the same everywhere, son.” So much passion, so much betrayal, so much…romance. All
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The Courage Classic 0
- July 6, 2022
Hi, I’m Piper Caldara. For years, my dad has written an annual email asking you for help fundraising for the Courage Classic to support Children’s Hospital Colorado, but he thought this year, since he is exploiting me as an Independence intern, perhaps I should tell the story of my two siblings and Children’s. I am
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School’s Out for the Summer, But…0
- July 5, 2022
Hope your Fourth was great. Thought I should share this timely news story: British Parliament Forms July 4 Commission To Investigate Colonial Insurrection. I just got a call from my alma mater, the University of Colorado, asking for a contribution. After I explained that I would never give money to a school that indoctrinates young
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Don’t Like the Candidates…0
- June 28, 2022
I hate election time. Candidates put their signs in my front yard without asking. I don’t even know who Foreclosure is. How often during election season do you think, “Why aren’t there any good candidates running?” Especially in smaller races. That’s because the right doesn’t have much of a bench. Hell, we barely have a
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Guess Who Made a Mistake 0
- June 22, 2022
The famed, curly-haired PBS painting teacher, Bob Ross, used to say, “There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents.” He was a lovely man. Terrible driving instructor. Hey, we all make mistakes, says the divorced guy who once bought a used Mercury Cougar and got a liberal arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Our Governor, the Libertarian…0
- June 14, 2022
Enough!! I have had it with conservatives and libertarians outside of Colorado thinking our socialist Governor Jared Polis somehow supports free people and free markets. Out-of-staters who I truly adore, like Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie, fall for the manufactured public relations spin that Polis is somehow a libertarian. Loving pot and Bitcoin doesn’t make one
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