Denver Public Schools Sick Out
The May 27 Denver public school teacher sickout has thus far elicited many different responses. Most of which take some form of disgust. What kind of an effect did the sickout have on our children? What exactly were the teachers so upset about that caused them to abandon their kids? And finally, what if any sort of punishment might the teachers who feigned sickness receive? Tune in as Jon Caldara and Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno answer these questions and discuss the issues surrounding this case.
Judge Habas Pursuan
(May 2008.) Author: DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER COLORADO PDF of full Paper Scribd version of full Paper THIS MATTER comes before the Court for a court trial, commencing on May 5, 2008. The Court took testimony, received exhibits, and heard argument from all parties. The evidence was closed, subject to this Court’s […]
Both Ways Beijing
Here’s how “both ways” Beijing works: First, China’s communist government vigorously pursues the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee makes the horrid decision to grant Beijing the games. Then when the regime’s domestic and world-wide thuggery–such as its brutal military occupation of Tibet, or its complicity in the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan– gets put under some scrutiny, Beijing cries foul and whines that the games should not be politicized.
"Flunked: The Movie" Comes to Colorado
Steve Maggi of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation discusses his group’s entertaining new documentary Flunked, which tells some amazing education success stories to highlight the current shortcomings of America’s public school system and ways it can change. Flunked makes its Colorado debut on Wednesday, May 21. Information on the event is available at the Independence Institute website.
Legislative Business As Usual: Take Money from Roads to Increase Health Care Costs
Colorado legislators say they want to fix the roads and cut health care costs. What they actually do is divert money from roads to increase health care costs.
This strategy is good for government but bad for people. It allows government and its fellow travelers to create new programs and to campaign for more tax money to support them. Government officials like having more tax money to spend, but they do not like to spend it on invisible maintenance. It is far more fun to promise new programs and spend time with stakeholders who are grateful that you helped them get their hands on other people’s money.
It's RTD versus the little guys
At the corner of West 14th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, one couple’s American Dream lingers on the verge of collapse. The reason, they say: RTD’s overzealous condemnation efforts.
