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The Brave, New World: Life after Citzens United
February 16, 2010 | Benjamin Ginsberg

Whenever there’s a major U.S. Supreme Court decision, especially one impacting the world of politics, opportunities and pitfalls present themselves.  That’s especially true with the recent Citizens United case recognizing that corporations (and unions) have a First Amendment right to expressly advocate the election and defeat of specific candidates.

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A Billion Reasons Colorado Taxpayers Don't Trust State Government
February 16, 2010 | By Mark Hillman

Lawmakers naturally chafe at any restriction on their power to tax and spend, but Colorado's Democrat governing monopoly has done more in just three years to carve gaping loopholes in the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) than did two previous governors and hundreds of legislators from both parties before them.

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Back to the Drawing Board on Healthcare

February 16, 2010 | By Rep. John Shadegg

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama doubled down by calling on America to once again trust him. He argued that if we just enact his agenda, we will be happy with it. From taxes to healthcare, from the growing deficit to our national security, President Obama wants to remake America. However, it is clear to me, as it is to millions of Americans, that he intends to continue to read his personal election victory as support for a hard-left agenda the American people did not ratify in the election and don’t want now.

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The Perils of President Obama’s National Security Policy
February 16, 2010 | By Dr. Robert Kaufman

Late January will mark the first anniversary of the Obama Presidency. So what should one make of the Obama Administration’s record on foreign affairs and national security?   I come here not to praise the Administration, but to give a full throated critique of what President Obama has done, and is likely to do.

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Health Care Reform: My Prescription
February 16, 2010 | By Rich Sokol

What a difference a day makes!

On Monday, January 18, 2010 House and Senate Democrats buzzed around a White House conference table hammering out a health care “reform” compromise package.  Never mind that it wasn’t truly reform – it didn’t change any major facet of how health care is delivered or consumed in our country.  And never mind that it really wasn’t compromise – there were no Republicans at the table, and the meetings were held in secret without the public being allowed to watch via C-Span.  But since both the House and Senate had passed similar health care reform bills, and Obama had pledged to sign whatever bill passed, it was all but certain that our nation was about to embark on a new budget-busting health care road. 

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U.S. China Relations: The Long View from Beijing
February 16, 2010 | By William Moloney

In the classic musical My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins plaintively asks “Why can’t a Woman be more like a Man?”  Similarly Americans perpetually wonder “Why can’t other countries be more like us?"

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The Telescope - Editor's Letter
February 16, 2010 | By Bob Beauprez

Is Hope Gone?

Lech Walesa knows a lot about hope, and he’s an expert on freedom.  Among the most notable and courageous “community organizers” of the last century or so, Walesa stands out.

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Inside the Mind of Radical Islam
January 18, 2010 | By Bob Beauprez

"We are jihadists, and jihad is not terrorism." Ramy Zamzam

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Mark HillmanMark Hillman is a Colorado native, a farmer, "recovering journalist" and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. He also served as Colorado's acting State Treasurer and was elected to leadership posts for five of his seven years in the Senate.

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