Author: Ari Armstrong
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GUEST COLUMN: Dangers in the language we use for labeling
In Charlottesville at a rally of white nationalists, a man with neo-Nazi sympathies drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer. The need to condemn racist ideologies and the violence they inspire remains urgent. The language we use to combat racism matters. Calling white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and their ilk “far right” or…
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GUEST COLUMN: Time to rethink our basic political ideas
After a bizarre and unsettling presidential election, many Americans have an uneasy sense that something is very wrong in the world of politics. What can we do about it? For starters, we can take time to rethink our basic political ideas. We can get our bearings. Part of this involves reevaluating the political terms we…
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GUEST COLUMN: Hickenlooper’s shots at law-abiding gun owners don’t help
In the immediate aftermath of the criminal attack on the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, public officials should be helping the community come together to heal and supporting the survivors and the victims’ families. Instead, Gov. John Hickenlooper has used the occasion for a mean-spirited verbal assault on innocent people. Hickenlooper told CNN: “In…
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GUEST COLUMN: Unarmed civilians can subdue a mass shooter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To hear some pundits tell it, Ben Carson is crazy or worse for suggesting that, if escape is impossible, unarmed civilians should attack a criminal who is trying to murder them. But what’s crazy is…
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GUEST COLUMN: Unarmed civilians can subdue a mass shooter
To hear some pundits tell it, Ben Carson is crazy or worse for suggesting that, if escape is impossible, unarmed civilians should attack a criminal who is trying to murder them. But what’s crazy is that more politicians and journalists do not shout this common-sense advice from the rooftops. Alon Stivi-a former member of Israel’s…
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GUEST COLUMN: High rate of Colorado pleas undermines right to trial by jury
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Californian Brian Banks wanted to pursue a professional football career. Instead he spent six years in prison for a crime he did not commit. After he was accused of rape and kidnapping in 2002, reports…
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GUEST COLUMN: High rate of Colorado pleas undermines right to trial by jury
Californian Brian Banks wanted to pursue a professional football career. Instead he spent six years in prison for a crime he did not commit. After he was accused of rape and kidnapping in 2002, reports ABC News, “his attorneys encouraged him to plead no contest instead of going to trial before a jury and risking…
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GUEST COLUMN: Public’s ‘right to know’ can clash with right to free speech
According to the principle of free speech embodied in the First Amendment, people have the right to speak their minds on the issues important to them, free from government interference. They have the right to finance the propagation of their beliefs and to coordinate with others to speak. According to Jenny Flanagan of Colorado Common…
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GUEST COLUMN: Harry Potter teaches freedom and strength
Editor’s note: This article reveals plot elements that some readers may prefer not to know. Parents who think the final Harry Potter movies (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts I and II) are just about fighting with magic and riding dragons should take a closer look at the story’s rich themes. Three themes in…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Environmentalist clowns threatening human life
Climate change threatens our nation. Pollution is the cause. We must reverse course now to save future generations from misery. Contrary to environmentalist hysteria, the problem is not carbon dioxide warming the earth. Instead, our political climate of freedom suffers the pollution of environmentalist controls of our industrial economy. On November 18, environmentalists…