John Andrews is a Claremont Institute fellow and former President of the Colorado Senate http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:23:26 GMT Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:23:26 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ In my state of Colorado, early August used to be the season for celebrating the anniversary of our admission to statehood in 1876. But this year more people are preoccupied with the upcoming Democratic National... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/08/11/left_sees_colorado_as_national_model 430b5c0f-b76d-4f71-bc95-1c053f8b9495 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:23:26 GMT Where is "Far Side" cartoonist Gary Larson when we need him? Two prehistoric inventors stand before the tribal elders, beaming proudly. Og has discovered fire, and Zor has invented the wheel. But the ruling Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/07/09/another_dem_strikes_out_on_energy f1adb548-c7be-40bc-884a-ed301969ae48 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Will America become like Europe? Should it? Could it? Has it already? These questions point to an unspoken but momentous issue of the 2008 election. A vote for Obama has the effect of saying yes. A vote for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/06/24/obama_or_mccain,_old_world_or_new 29cc36f5-af4e-4d76-86d8-95bb6606dc65 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:15:35 GMT It was a graduation to remember. Our grandson and his classmates looked great in their blue mortarboard caps with gold tassels. Parents beamed and cameras flashed. The speaker was brief, taking his text from Psalms:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/06/02/dare_your_graduate_to_read f7e1fe0b-1eae-4ccc-a2a2-d6093e2d24e2 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:00:28 GMT To fear an idea, any idea, is unworthy of a free society. To suppress an idea from debate is more cowardly still. How does our country measure up? Americans pride themselves on being free-thinking and open,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/05/05/whos_afraid_of_ideas bfbc23e5-c3eb-4cd8-bc5d-2e19db96ad53 Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:46 GMT "The climate crisis is both urgent and solvable [so] our ultimate aim is halt global warming," proclaims an Al Gore website and ad campaign. But conservatives, among whom former Speaker Newt Gingrich proudly counts... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/04/28/why_is_gingrich_fronting_gore 32acd04d-261d-44d8-b997-af12fccc5b0a Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:33 GMT "During good behavior" is the constitutional standard for a federal judge to continue serving. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) has wondered publicly whether Judge Edward Nottingham of the US District Court in Denver measures... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/04/05/impeach_judge_nottingham 7e88eb82-c38a-4b03-8eb1-eb718138de9c Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Here's another angle on the Obama-Wright uproar. Imagine being told as a child: "You carry bad blood." Then imagine this stigma was placed on you by one side of your family, in reference to your heritage from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/03/22/walk_in_their_shoes 322a51f3-92c2-4085-9286-a3111c2a97d0 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:00:18 GMT The famous political gadfly and New York literary lion is invited to speak at the University of Hawaii. He accepts, not for the fee or the beach time, but with a passion for his beliefs and a try-anything spirit that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/03/18/be_someones_bill_buckley 309a5ef3-7e7b-40d1-babf-21204eb743fb Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:06:47 GMT Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when the Clintons pause from their hell-bent battle against political extinction and confront (if they can bear it) the humiliating parallel of her own and Mike Huckabee's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/02/23/call_them_arkansas_also-rans f3294f97-3ef4-49f6-b224-35c2267aeab7 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT Was it hearing of Dennis Kucinich's encounter with spacemen? Or was it seeing the ex-Governor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown, doing TV commentary? Something sent me on an out-of-body experience the other night, a sci-fi trip... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/02/17/if_the_republicans_fracture d34ce3b0-a854-4180-982b-f1dd99ff9f25 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:28:24 GMT Precinct caucuses are coming up on Tuesday in seven states across the country, including mine. I'm telling fellow Coloradans that if you're registered with a party, be there. You can vote in the presidential poll and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/02/02/george_soros,_meet_john_jay c661fe89-68df-4daf-a475-1345982adad2 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT Who do you like for President? Many Americans this year seem inclined to answer that question with another: What's today? The polls are volatile. We've already seen surprises, and we'll see more. This was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/01/19/whos_president_isnt_the_main_thing d6aebc97-23f0-4eb7-9ed1-00334391e6d7 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:19:22 GMT The worst Christmas song I've heard this year has to be Bruce Springsteen's tuneless rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Yet by forcing me to think about the lyrics, the Boss delivered a flash of insight:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2007/12/24/flash_santa_is_conservative 170df349-0879-4935-99d1-020cbd8c6f58 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:03:15 GMT Two turkeys named May and Flower will not be carved up today after all. They were spared by a mock presidential pardon earlier this week. Do you care? Me neither, but I learned about it on the White House home page,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2007/11/21/thanksgiving_2007,_such_that_it_is d77f58c3-23fc-4b56-a7b2-f426484776ec Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:30:16 GMT