Subject: Independence Institute

• More Messages: Upon Further Analysis

  October 2, 2006

• Bill O'Reilly is Donald Duck

  June 8, 2007

• Independence Institute Seeks Investigative Reporter

  April 7, 2008

• Capitalism: It's Nifty

  June 27, 2008

• Shooting From the Lip with Jon Caldara

  June 30, 2008

• Fred Barnes Takes a Shot at Colorado Dems -- With Jon Caldara's Help

  July 22, 2008

• Fred Barnes Takes a Shot at Colorado Dems -- With Jon Caldara's Help

  July 22, 2008

• Off Limits

  December 10, 1998

• Best Media Manipulator

  March 29, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  August 8, 2002

• Off Limits

  November 14, 2002

• Jon Caldara on today's Barack Obama protest

  In addition to buying a full-page ad needling President Barack Obama, who's in town today to sign a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is also taking part in a protest at the Colorado State Capitol co-starring a number of big names in local conservative circles: Jim Pfaff, state director of Americans for Prosperity; State Senator Josh Penry; Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin, who relocated to Colorado Springs earlier this year (more about th

  February 17, 2009

• Letters to the Editor

  November 18, 2004

• Wake-Up Call: Signs of the times

  The Rocky Mountain News sign came off the Denver Newspaper Agency building (and how long will it have that name?) on Sunday. But this speedy erasing of the past didn't extend to the Sunday Denver Post, which included numerous reminders of the two papers pairing to promote a charitable endeavors, including the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon, hyped in a big ad. By the time that race actually hits the streets on May 17, odds are good the News portion of the name will have disappeared, too. B

  March 2, 2009

• Denver's latest traffic plan depends on getting you out of your car

  February 19, 2009

• Lighting a Fire

  Jon Caldara has been unmatched at using the media during this election season. He couldn't be prouder.

  November 2, 2000

• A Whole New Ballgame

  The man who drove a stake through Guide the Ride may take aim next at Pat Bowlen's stadium tax.

  February 19, 1998

• Tequila Pocket Shot

  Kiowa Creek Sporting Club

  July 12, 2007

• Trigger Happy

  The Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara shoots from the lip. Again.

  June 28, 2007

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of October 12, 2006

  October 12, 2006

• Slants

  A think tank levels a bias accusation.

  September 28, 2006

• Open and Closed

  Japanese design is showcased at the CVA, while more art censorship hits Colorado.

  July 28, 2005

• Off Limits

  Sealed With a Kissoff

  June 2, 2005

• The Alternative Voter’s Guide

  The Legislative Council’s ballot-analysis booklet has inspired so many fights, it should be called the black-and-blue book. Here’s our cure.

  October 21, 2004

• Shotguns, Scotch and Stogies

  The Independence Institute raises funds the American way

  July 22, 2004

• Armed and Dangerous

  Guns, alcohol and tobacco fuel the sport of politics.

  July 10, 2003

• Off Limits

  Write-off

  July 3, 2003

• Independence Day

  The Independence Institute got a jolt from its Italian leaders.

  July 3, 2003

• Pack Mentality

  A media column about secondhand smoke stirs up a cloud of controversy.

  July 25, 2002

• Minor Irritants

  A declaration from independents.

  July 18, 2002

• Letters

  February 26, 1998

• Beating the Train

  Light-rail opponents plot ways to jump the tracks--with an RTD boardmember leading the charge.

  July 24, 1997

• Letters

  August 29, 1996

• Off Limits

  August 22, 1996

• OFF LIMITS

  August 2, 1995

• INDEPENDENCE'S DAY

  A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK IN GOLDEN MAKES THE DEMOCRATS THIRST FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN.

  February 22, 1995

• STOP THAT TRAIN!

  A GROUP OF LIGHT-RAIL SKEPTICS GETS READY TO COME ON BOARD AT RTD.

  December 21, 1994

• Wake Up Call: The week ahead -- when worse comes to verse

  Before we were panicked about swine flu and twisted by torture-memo leaks, we were terrified by the Devil Horse, Luis Jimenez's killer sculpture that stands guard outside Denver International Airport, its red eyes shooting deadly lasers at unsuspecting passersby. Or are those glowing orbs actually illuminating this town's deep well of creativity? Because just three short months ago, when realtor Rachel Hultin started a Facebook page for horse haters, she asked them to write not just screeds, b

  April 27, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: Hit the road

  Governor Bill Ritter is heading down to Colorado Springs today, where he'll host a town-hall meeting and sign a number of bills. And along the way, he'll no doubt pass a handful of unauthorized signs along I-25, all asking, "Why does Ritter hate El Paso County?" Why indeed? I asked Evan Dreyer, his press secretary, about the signs, and he offered this: "Silly political stunt by someone with too much time on their hands. At least they spelled Ritter right. The Governor LOVES El Paso County. H

  May 11, 2009

• A Mural? In the Santa Fe Art District? Unacceptable!

  June 25, 2009

• Independence Institute on jihad against public-art spending in Denver

  If we could get a couple more of these, betcha everybody would be psyched.​Even when times are good, fiscal conservatives often rail against public spending for the arts -- because, apparently, life would be better if we lived in a joyless, monochromatic society modeled on George Orwell's 1984. And when the economy turns south, such arguments only intensify. Given that, the only surprising thing about the Independence Institute's latest report on the subject, a Todd Shepherd piece entitled

  August 13, 2009

• Independence Institute cries foul on cost of public-records request

  The logo for the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments.​In the past year or so, a number of state and local agencies in Colorado have begun charging members of the media higher fees for completing public-records requests. Take the Denver Police Department, which used to make copies of daily reports and put them in a press room where journalists could peruse them without charge and only ask for those that struck them as newsworthy. Last year, however, the DPD dropped this policy in favo

  August 19, 2009

• Sick response to Obama's speech to kids

  A banner from the Independence Institute's "Ed Is Watching" website.​ Our item yesterday about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch a Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren by President Barack Obama has been followed by plenty of mainstream coverage on the topic, including a front-page story in today's Denver Post and an extended segment on Channel 4 this morning featuring Gloria Neal raising her eyebrows at the kerfuffle. Still, the real a

  September 3, 2009

• Legalizing marijuana -- medical or otherwise -- has become the toke of the town

  October 1, 2009

• Jon Caldara doesn't like being ignored, Mr. Ritter

  Jon Caldara makes his feelings known.​Late Thursday afternoon, the Independence Institute, a right-leaning think tank, published an article revealing that only one of Governor Bill Ritter's cabinet members had filed a conflict-of-interest report despite an executive order requiring that everyone do so -- a Todd Shepherd-penned piece that led directly to Ritter issuing a new measure basically restating the first one, with officials given until October 25 to comply. However, the Institute's

  October 6, 2009

• Chantell Taylor: Colorado Ethics Watch really is nonpartisan!

  Chantell Taylor.​While crowing earlier today about an Institute exposé focusing on uncompleted conflict-of-interest forms that embarrassed the Bill Ritter administration, the Independence Institute's Jon Caldara scoffed at the notion that Colorado Ethics Watch might take action against the Democratic governor's office. "They file complaints on any Republican at any time," he said. "I'd be curious what percentage of their complaints are filed against Democrats." To that, CEW director Chan

  October 6, 2009

• Jon Caldara's animated attack on Obamacare is plane crazy

  The Independence Institute's Jon Caldara last foray into YouTubery was decidedly low rent: He pimped 2008's Amendment 49 using sock puppets. This time, he's opted for a more high-tech approach, creating the animated video above to attack the Obama administration's version of healthcare reform. In his analogy, the public plan is pictured as an airplane -- and when people abandon private insurers for this lower-cost alternative, he argues that the government will start jettisoning its most vulner

  October 15, 2009

• The Independence Institute is twenty-five years old -- and still shooting from the lip

  President Jon Caldara helps celebrates 25 years as Denver's premier conservative free-market think tank.​ Editor's note: This week's Westword cover story is a cartoon by Kenny Be that celebrates twenty-five years of the Independence Institute. Check it out in its entirety below:

  November 11, 2009

• The Independence Institute is 25 years old — and still shooting from the lip

  November 12, 2009

• From the week of November 19, 2009

  November 19, 2009