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Independence Institute

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Supreme Court doesn't have to use Commerce Clause to end Obamacare, says Jon Caldara

    Denver blog posts want you to want them. The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic chats with Jon Caldara about two "game-changing" Obamacare briefs the Independence Institute has filed with the Supreme Court. The Grazing Mind's Jarod Ballentine presents a Trinder Farms tour. South Stands Denver's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Cory Gardner co-stars in CBS access peddling investigation

    Denver blog posts think you've been working too hard. Colorado Pols shares a CBS video suggesting that some freshman Republican Congressmen who promised a new way of doing business are happily collecting perks. Featured: Cory Gardner. At People's Press Collective, T.L. James shares the get-togethe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Rush Limbaugh made mistake but he's still a hero after "slut" controversy, senator says

    Denver blog posts fight the good fight. Colorado Pols shares Senator Greg Brophy's tweets about the college student Rush Limbaugh dubbed a slut, including one that calls him a hero and an icon. The Independence Institute's Jon Caldara: It's time to sink or swim. Mile High Hockey's Mike offers the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Jared Polis rips DEA agent Barbara Roach for anti-medical marijuana dispensary quote

    Denver blog posts think it's nice to be nice to the nice. Colorado Pols on Jared Polis's slam of DEA agent Barbara Roach, who wants to move to a city where dispensaries are banned. The Independence Institute's Amy Oliver on which lawmakers put rate-payers above Xcel. 5280's photo of the week spot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Jon Caldara, Tom Tancredo, Andrew Breitbart & Independence Institute demonic convergence

    Jon Caldara.​Jon Caldara's Channel 12 show is now called Devil's Advocate, and plenty of politicians are dancing with the devil. Not only did Caldara get his job as head of the Independence Institute after Tom Tancredo moved on to Congress, but Tancredo was at the Institute's annual ATF party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Ken Buck steps in it at Independence Institute

    Ken Buck.​When I met Ken Buck at the Independence Institute's ATF event Saturday, I asked what he thought about Jane Norton injecting gender into the race with a new commercial asking whether he was "man enough" to be a senator. Buck responded by telling me that Norton had recently said the di ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    Signed, sealed and rejected: These political activists are rabble with a cause

    Ken Buck.​When I met Ken Buck at the Independence Institute's ATF event Saturday, I asked what he thought about Jane Norton injecting gender into the race with a new commercial asking whether he was "man enough" to be a senator. Buck responded by telling me that Norton had recently said the di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Republican moms should support marijuana reform, says Jessica Peck Corry

    The fight over medical marijuana in the state legislature is ramping up, with Republicans being perceived as the group most resistant to policies that allow the proliferation of dispensaries across the state. An exception to that rule is the Independence Institute's Jessica Peck Corry, who looks a ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    From the week of November 19, 2009

    The fight over medical marijuana in the state legislature is ramping up, with Republicans being perceived as the group most resistant to policies that allow the proliferation of dispensaries across the state. An exception to that rule is the Independence Institute's Jessica Peck Corry, who looks a ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

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

    The fight over medical marijuana in the state legislature is ramping up, with Republicans being perceived as the group most resistant to policies that allow the proliferation of dispensaries across the state. An exception to that rule is the Independence Institute's Jessica Peck Corry, who looks a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 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:

  • Blogs

    October 15, 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 h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 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 everyo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 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 cov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 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 dail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 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, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

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

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

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

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Shooting From the Lip with Jon Caldara

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Capitalism: It's Nifty

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Independence Institute Seeks Investigative Reporter

    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 conserv ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 12, 2007

    Tequila Pocket Shot

    Kiowa Creek Sporting Club

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    Trigger Happy

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

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    More Messages: Upon Further Analysis

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

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Slants

    A think tank levels a bias accusation.

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Off Limits

    Sealed With a Kissoff

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    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.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2004

    Shotguns, Scotch and Stogies

    The Independence Institute raises funds the American way

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Armed and Dangerous

    Guns, alcohol and tobacco fuel the sport of politics.

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Off Limits

    Write-off

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Independence Day

    The Independence Institute got a jolt from its Italian leaders.

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Off Limits

    Think big

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 8, 2002

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Pack Mentality

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

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Minor Irritants

    A declaration from independents.

  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001

    Best Media Manipulator

    Jon Caldara
    President, Independence Institute

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Lighting a Fire

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

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Off Limits

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

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Letters

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

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    A Whole New Ballgame

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

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    Letters

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

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Off Limits

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

  • News

    August 2, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

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

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    INDEPENDENCE'S DAY

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

  • News

    December 21, 1994

    STOP THAT TRAIN!

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

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