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PPC Training for Activists 7 Apr 2013 | 10:36 am
Yes, it’s that time again — PPC will be conducting training classes for center-right activists on Saturday, April 20 and Saturday, April 27, at Independence Institute in Denver. The tentative class sc...
Help for a friend (need orthopedic surgeon or neurosurgeon opinion) 6 Apr 2013 | 09:13 pm
Hello all, I’m always reticent to use these pages for appeals for assistance, but a friend of mine could use some professional advice that I’m not qualified to give and I’m hoping that someone readin...
Let’s Not Allow Test Cheating Scandals to Lead to Faulty Conclusions 5 Apr 2013 | 12:41 am
Let’s go over it again: Standardized tests are far from the be-all and end-all of education. But if we’re not going to put money in student backpacks and make schools directly accountable to parents, ...
Well, Teachers Union Leaders Could Use a New Argument Against School Choice 4 Apr 2013 | 01:47 am
Take your hats off to those teachers union officials, they sure know how to plan ahead sometimes. The Education Intelligence Agency’s Mike Antonucci brings our attention to a PBS Newshour clip in whic...
Major Victory in Court for the First Amendment! 3 Apr 2013 | 02:25 am
Colorado has the initiative process; that is, we lowly citizens can act as the legislature and change law. Elected officials of all stripes hate the initiative, and you can understand why. The initiat...
Split Partisan SB 213 Vote Shifts Debate from Real Reform to Raising Taxes 3 Apr 2013 | 12:58 am
In case you haven’t been following me on Twitter (which raises the question: Why not?), you may not have noticed that the big education bill of the 2013 Colorado legislative session has made its way t...
Colorado Hydro Fails to Put the “New” in Renewable 2 Apr 2013 | 11:08 pm
By Brandon Ratterman Colorado is having trouble defining hydroelectricity. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers it to be a renewable resource, and the Colorado Energy Office calculates ...
Victory for the Citizen Initiative Process 2 Apr 2013 | 10:25 pm
Yesterday, a judge ruled in favor of us in a lawsuit we filed against a 2009 law limiting paid petition gathering. The law was a blow against citizens who wanted to use paid petition gathering to get ...
Colorado Health Benefits Exchange: poor access & narrow provider network? 2 Apr 2013 | 05:48 pm
[I]f the health plans and hospitals contract with fewer providers, they can exert more leverage on doctors to limit services and keep costs down. Continue reading →
Oregon’s Cannibalism of Environmentalism 2 Apr 2013 | 02:13 am
By Brandon Ratterman Almost 60 percent of Oregon’s electricity is generated from hydroelectric power, which is considered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a renewable energy resource. H...
