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Wanna grab another drink at the Studio B Bar?0
- April 9, 2020
Steve Moore wants to have a drink with you tonight. He and my new boss at the Gazette, Wayne Laugesen the editorial editor, will be throwing back a few at our virtual cocktail party! We all finally sobered up and realized getting together to socialize, under the guise of talking politics and policy, was just
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Polis Is Listening To Us 0
- March 19, 2020
Editor’s Note: Given recent action’s by Governor Polis, this article is somewhat out-of-date. **** In the long term, I am more concerned about the growth of governmental control than the growth of COVID. I remember well the great advance towards socialism during the downturn of 2008 because of big government’s mantra of “Never let a
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COVID-19 Requires Government Distancing 0
- March 19, 2020
Thank you Governor Polis! To help deal with COVID-19 we need more Government Distancing. You know at Independence Institute, we are not shy about criticizing our governor when we feel he is wrong on the issues. With your help, we even sent him lumps of high-quality coal this last Christmas for being on our naughty
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From fired to hired, plus Tucker Carlson 0
- February 3, 2020
In case you haven’t heard, I got fired from my gig as a Denver Post columnist for criticizing the media as liberal, saying sex is binary and generally being insensitive. Guilty as charged by the way. Well I’m excited that the Gazette and its sister publication Colorado Politics took pity on me and asked me
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Movie Night at Independence 0
- January 27, 2020
I suggested we watch Animal House, or at least The Godfather, but… In celebration of this year’s National School Choice Week, our Education Policy Center will be hosting a free, public screening of Miss Virginia on Wednesday, January 29 at 6PM here at the Independence Institute. The movie tells the story of the school choice advocate Virginia Walden Ford, her
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Rob Natelson’s Comment on Jon Caldara and the Denver Post 0
- January 23, 2020
Newsflash for woke “journalists:” Conservatives and libertarians, like others, are entitled speak in their own voices. Not in yours or anyone else’s.
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