Author: Mike Rosen
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COLUMN: The absolute worst measures on this year’s ballot | Mike Rosen
On the Colorado ballot are two measures that are interwoven: Propositions LL and MM. Both are legacies of Proposition FF which was passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature in 2022, creating the Healthy School Meals for All Program (HSMA). Prior to HSMA, the state covered the cost of school lunches only for “at-need” (a euphemism…
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COLUMN: Jimmy Kimmel can’t hide behind the First Amendment | Mike Rosen
Jimmy Kimmel’s recent “firing” (actually, a mere one-week suspension) as host of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for his false, tasteless, and asinine remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination kicked off a firestorm of political controversy between the left and right about freedom of speech. Let’s set the record straight. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
Mike Rosen How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and…
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Teacher unions drive public-school failure | Mike Rosen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a recent Denver Gazette column, Eric Sonderman described the chronically underperforming American public education system as “nothing short of a national scandal,’’ deserving of the disparaging moniker “Edugate.” Quite an indictment coming from an erstwhile Democrat. As a conservative Republican, I heartily agree with…
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Teacher unions drive public-school failure | Mike Rosen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a recent Denver Gazette column, Eric Sonderman described the chronically underperforming American public education system as “nothing short of a national scandal,’’ deserving of the disparaging moniker “Edugate.” Quite an indictment coming from an erstwhile Democrat. As a conservative Republican, I heartily agree with…
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Teacher unions drive public-school failure | Mike Rosen
In a recent Denver Gazette column, Eric Sonderman described the chronically underperforming American public education system as “nothing short of a national scandal,’’ deserving of the disparaging moniker “Edugate.” Quite an indictment coming from an erstwhile Democrat. As a conservative Republican, I heartily agree with that appraisal. I agree with many of Eric’s reforms like…
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Teacher unions drive public-school failure | Mike Rosen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a recent Denver Gazette column, Eric Sonderman described the chronically underperforming American public education system as “nothing short of a national scandal,’’ deserving of the disparaging moniker “Edugate.” Quite an indictment coming from an erstwhile Democrat. As a conservative Republican, I heartily agree with…
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COLUMN: The perils of democratic socialism
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old who won the Democrat primary (endorsed by fellow socialists Bernie Sanders and AOC) is now the party’s wholly unqualified candidate for mayor of New York City. He’s a Muslim antisemite and Israel hater. In college, he co-founded the school’s chapter of…