Category: Letters to the Editor

A budget conversation pointless with Democrats

re "State fiscal process needs major overhaul" Denver Post editorial, 1/28/07 http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_5107036 To the Editor: While a “conversation” might be appropriate to deal with Colorado’s maze of budgetary Constitutional requir… more »

Responding to a Communist on American values and revolution

re "Resistance on side of right" (Letter to Boulder Daily Camera, 1/27/07) http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/jan/27/no-headline-27elet/ Cord Macguire’s letter describing his support of the “Iraqi resistance”, i.e. murderers of mostly civilians, re… more »

The real history Nancy Pelosi could make

re "Democrats take control of Congress" (Chicago Tribune, 1/4/07) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-070104congress,1,1423518.story? To the Editor: As the son of a Navy Admiral (my mother) and in the age of women CEOs of Fortune 500 c… more »

Close the door to the sausage factory

re "Closed-door meeting unacceptable" (Denver Post Op-Ed, 1/3/07) http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_4937878 To the Editor: Christine Tatum has a point when she calls the closed-door “bipartisan caucus” of Senators unacceptable. They say that t… more »

Eminent domain insanity provides a chance to review Kelo

re "Next big test of power to seize property?" (Christian Science Monitor, 1/2/07) http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0102/p02s01-usju.htm A private citizen wants to develop on his own property but because part of it is inside a “redevelopment zone”, the… more »

Death to earmarks!

PUBLISHED in the Denver Post, 12/28/06 http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_4908861 re "GOP Congress hit Colo. hard by not passing budget bills" (Denver Post, 12/26/06) http://blogs.denverpost.com/washington/2006/12/26/gop-congress-hit-colo-hard-by-… more »

Fattening the hog of Colorado government

re "Ref C revenue up by $2 billion" (Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News, 12/22/06) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5230714,00.html To the Editor: Just two months ago, the Rocky ran a story about Referendum… more »

Is $5.15 enough? The question itself is fundamentally wrong.

re "Is $5.15 enough? Plan would raise Va. minimum wage" (Virginian-Pilot 12/20/06) http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=116333&ran=115592 Two Democratic politicians quoted in your article wondering “Is $5.15 enough?” demonstrate a rema… more »

You can't win a real war by starting a class war

re "President put himself in Iraq corner with tax cuts" (EJ Dionne, Houston Chronicle, 12/16) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4406834.html E.J. Dionne believes he can solve a real war by fomenting a domestic class war. His argu… more »

Republicans get something right by failing

re "Congress's Inaction Threatens Funding" (Washington Post, 12/17/06) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121601087.html The final act of the Republican-controlled Congress, or rather their final inaction by not pas… more »