Peggy Noonan, Calendars, and Dirty Jokes. Oh my.
Writing on the recent avalanche of sexual harassment stories, Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal welcomed this overdue housecleaning but shared the concern of the, “fear that things will get carried away—innocent men will be railroaded, the workplace will be swept with some crazy new Puritanism.” And she agreed it’s not wrong to fear […]
Help a Smug Liberal Cry
Have you heard of Colorado Gives Day? It’s more than just a day. And it shouldn’t just benefit the Left! Colorado Gives Day is a movement that inspires thousands of donors to support their favorite causes online at ColoradoGives.org. And we know the Independence Institute is one of yours because every time you give to […]
The assault weapon attack on math
There’s no better example of the media’s ability to emotionally bait an issue out of all mathematical proportion than that of “assault rifles.”
Caldara’s Newsletter 11-03-17
I’ve had several requests for an update on Gary, the dog that adopted us thanks to the puppy-dog eyes of my Ninja-like manipulative children – “Daddy, I’d rather cuddle a dog than a boy.” I can report one minor victory in the war of the generations. The teenage daughter has, under threat of dog expulsion, […]
Are Boulder’s housing policies accidentally racist?
by Jon Caldara If whites move into town, it’s called gentrification, and that’s racist. If whites move out of town, that’s called white flight, and well, that’s racist, too. But what if it African-Americans move out? Well, that would just be called Boulder. As my colleague Randal O’Toole pointed out this month, U.S. Census data shows […]
The sexual harassment double standard
As with the Harvey Weinstein situation, could it be that politics causes a double standard on acceptance of sexual harassment?
The left celebrates speaking truth to power. It oozes through the smugness of every late-night TV comic and Hollywood actor turned activist. But it’s hard not to notice the power they speak to almost always seems to be on the right. Those on the left get protected.
How I came to stop fearing guns and embrace the Second Amendment
I used to hate guns, even giving money to anti-gun organizations. Today I am a life member of the National Rife Association.
Caldara’s Newsletter 10-4-17
After years of standing firm, my daughter used her super-powers of daddy-manipulation, and, well, I caved. We now have a dog. I’m pretty sure it thinks its name is “No!” But get this, it came with the name “Gary.” Gary? Who names a dog Gary? Now when it gets out of the yard I’ll be running around the neighborhood yelling, “Gary! Gary!” like my gay boyfriend just ran out on me (not, not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Economic inequality is Public Enemy No. One
by Jon Caldara A warning to my friends on the political right: Economic inequality is real. And the blowback from it could blindside us and cause a seismic leap to the left from which we may not return. Or let me try it another way. We’re all feeling it: a political tribalism rippling through the […]
The slow, poisonous creep of government intrusion
You know how in a good spy movie the spy has spent years building up a tolerance to some deadly poison, so when he poisons all the drinks, his victims die, but he doesn’t? Well, using that as mental model … It finally happened. The TSA Pre-Check line at Denver International Airport was longer than […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 08-23-17
As a nation, we’re still wrapping our collective heads around the ugliness of racism and neo-Nazi rallies like the ones in Charlottesville. I believe this is a dying gasp from a fading, ignorant mindset. Racism isn’t growing, it’s fading. Just look at the rates of interracial marriage and children. The real issue is economic stagnation. […]
One transsexual Doctor too many
Each time you flip a coin there is a 50-50 chance it will land heads-up. But the chances of it landing heads two times in a row are 1-in-4. Three times in a row is 1-in-8, and so on. The chances of it landing heads-up 13 times in a row are a whopping 1-in-8,192. And […]
