Archive for the ‘public policy’ Category

The ObamaCare scam

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The Daily Camera asked its editorial advisory board members their view of ObamaCare, formally HR 3590. My response was published in the March 27 edition: ObamaCare is a scam. It further empowers politicians to dictate how you seek medical care and support charities. Politicians should protect, rather than ...

How much do public schools really cost?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

An eye-opening video from Cato:For more, see Cato's Center for Educational Freedom.Cato did a very good job here of communicating research results in a quick and digestible way that appeals to those with either visuals or auditory learning modalities.

Tuesday @ noon: Honk against health care takeover

Monday, March 15th, 2010

From Americans for Prosperity: 1.  Go to Honkno.com and sign up to take part in the "Honk Against the Health Care Takeover" event at 12 Noon your time [Tuesday].  It's simple and fun.  You go to the website, punch in your zip code and up pops the closest congressional district offices ...

Health bill: Markey & DeGette on fence, tell them to vote “No.”

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Do you live in either Betsy Markey's district (4th, map) or Diana DeGette's district (1st, map)? If so, contact them (see end of post) and tell them to vote "no" on the Senate health "reform" bill or any scaled down version of it.  This reform is terrible from both moral ...

Contact your Congressmen: no on health “reform” & reconciliation

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Tim Phillips at Americans for Prosperity summarizes the situation and has links to quick ways to contact your Senator and Representatives.  An excerpt: President Obama finally made it official yesterday:  he wants Congress to ignore Senate rules - and the American people - and use a parliamentary trick called ...

No (Tenured) Teacher Left Behind

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

From the Wall Street Journal: School reformers generally agree that the most important education resource is the teacher. But one of the biggest obstacles to putting a good instructor in every classroom is a tenure system that forces principals to hire and retain teachers based on seniority instead ...

RTD’s “FasTracks” on the wrong track

Monday, February 15th, 2010

The Daily Camera (Boulder) asked its Editorial Advisory Board members their views of different sales tax schemes for funding RTD's "FasTracks." My reply was published on Saturday, February 13: Adaptable commuter transit routes, reducing traffic congestion with demand-sensitive road pricing, and minimizing both free-riders and forced funding. These goals should guide ...

“You’re too stupid for free speech”

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Linn  and Ari Armstrong make some great points about the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. FEC in a recent article in the Grand Junction Free Press: Regarding this case, the left is perfectly consistent with its Marxist roots. Marx wrote, “The mode of production of material life conditions the ...

Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Originally published in the Aurora Daily Sentinel, January 29th, 2010.  This version has links to references. Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice By Brian T. Schwartz and Linda Gorman Sentinel Editor Dave Perry dismisses the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative as “crazy” and says its supporters “clearly have lost” their ...

Daily Camera article: Health insurers’ “sins” don’t justify “reform”

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

The Daily Camera (Boulder) published a shorter version of my Pajamas Media article from a earlier this month: With so-called health care "reform" in limbo after the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts, it's worth examining a popular sentiment behind it: animosity toward insurance companies. Namely, insurers` profits, denial of claims, and ...