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To Colorado teachers who are members of a union: If you're not a willing part of the left's anti-student, pro-Nanny State, anti-merit pay education regime, don't be an unwilling or unwitting accessory to their destructive ways. You can opt out of hav… more »

Most campaign finance laws are, in the words of Douglas Adams, a load of dingo's kidneys. But at least for now they are what they are, every candidate knows or should know what they are, and everybody needs to play by the same rules. It's been suggeste… more »

I've been pretty rough on Senator Scott Brown (R-Ted Kennedy's Seat) lately, wondering aloud whether he has any particular use other than being one more in the head count toward a Republican majority.  The question seems to have a different answer each d… more »

I'm participating in the Leadership Program of the Rockies Annual Retreat today, so I won't be writing about yesterday's health care summit.  I'm sure plenty of other people will have covered that Kabuki more than adequately. But not too many people ar… more »

In a 5-4 ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States declared unconstitutional the McCain-Feingold prohibitions against running ads naming a candidate for federal office within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general.   More im… more »

Of the many reasons to dislike John McCain, far and away the leading reason is his blatantly unconstitutional attack on free speech...free political speech, which is precisely what the First Amendment was intended to protect. Of the many reasons to di… more »

re "FEC fines Swift Boat, MoveOn" (LA Times, 12/14/06) http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-swiftboat14dec14,0,6247964.story? To the Editor: The Federal Election Commissions rulings against spending by “527” groups is a predictable and terri… more »

Saddam Hussein and two high-ranking members of his regime were sentenced to death at about 4 AM EST this morning. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6117910.stm Appeals are automatic, but assuming the verdicts will be upheld, Saddam requested t… more »

There were two economic reports today on the employment situation which the GOP should (but, if history is any guide they won't) trumpet the benefits of the Bush tax cuts and the risks to the economy of a Democrat takeover of Congress. In particular,… more »

This afternoon, President Bush signed a bill to build a 700-mile long fence along our southern border with Mexico. I've had mixed feelings about a fence, but if it really works rather than just shuffling illegals to a different entrance point, it's pr… more »