Mark Hillman is a Colorado native, a farmer, "recovering journalist" and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. He believes that personal responsibility, limited government and individual liberty are essential foundations of a government that respects the people. Mark served as Colorado's acting State Treasurer from June 2005 to March 2006. Previously, he was elected to two terms in the Colorado State Senate, representing the state's largest legislative district covering 12 counties and more than 21,000 square miles. Mark was elected to leadership posts for five of his seven years in the Senate, including both Majority Leader and Minority Leader. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:50:37 GMT Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:50:37 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Conservatives and libertarians fight about social issues so routinely that we assume the differences are insurmountable. Most everyone on the center-right is dubious of big government, but when it comes to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/12/21/a_strategy_for_freedom f7e75738-f228-4d80-b2ba-3a94d8cee825 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:50:37 GMT It's natural to sympathize with the parents of Brandon Patch, the 18-year-old baseball pitcher who died after he was hit by a batted ball in 2003. Sooner or later, sympathy must yield to logic and reason, so when... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/11/16/warning_labels_on_baseball_bats ccb35b93-c5af-4325-ba61-1f21f0afef4c Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:10 GMT Talk about personal responsibility is cheap. Legislating personal responsibility isn't. Take the movement to require everyone to purchase government-approved health insurance. If at first this seems like a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/10/16/kiss_your_money_and_freedom_goodbye 77409e96-410b-46d7-83f0-2d0e5127ed6e Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:01:56 GMT Say what you will about Bill Clinton's foreign policy shortcomings, but for the most part he had the good sense not to squander Ronald Reagan's legacy of peace through strength. By contrast, Barack... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/10/01/obamas_dangerously_deluded_foreign_policy 3f32649e-6cec-42eb-a3fb-afc56e552d92 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:04:05 GMT Our ongoing debate about government's role in health care is proving worthwhile because it forces people to focus on the real tradeoffs in a system mandated - if not directly operated - by government, rather... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/09/04/whose_business_in_health_care b72f77ad-a780-4df7-904b-397e17a3b267 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:37:34 GMT Listening to President Obama explain "his" health care plan, I can't help but wonder if he actually believes his own words. Maybe it's been so long since the adoring press corps has held him accountable for his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/07/27/does_obama_believe_what_obama_is_saying a1fa35ad-f448-4da7-aec1-94333b463e0a Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:34 GMT America's health care system certainly has its share of problems - of which most emanate from politicians' tinkering, tempting frustrated consumers with promises of better benefits at someone else's expense. So the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/07/02/mr_president,_first_heal_medicare 50d5e842-c56d-43a3-8d30-bd616b30580e Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:05:20 GMT President Obama claims to "have no interest" in running General Motors. He does so with a straight face - and the same monotonous cadence that he employs whether condemning North Korea for nuclear explosions or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/06/08/obama_motors 3c70cecf-d572-4ca6-b323-332c7a4c92d6 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:10 GMT "The country looks to the President on occasions like this to be reassuring to the nation. Some Presidents do it well, some Presidents don't." That's how ABC's Peter Jennings assessed President George W. Bush's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2009/03/16/big_boy_britches_for_obama 6c0401fd-0ee2-4d99-8833-2e3a80c7c95a Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:18:08 GMT Today's Republican Party seeks to advance freedom through limited government, strong national security, personal responsibility and traditional family values. Although many Republicans generally adhere to all four of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/12/08/in_defense_of_social_conservatives e9f1dbfb-33fe-4f68-a80a-1fc05914c2cd Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:20:55 GMT After being routed at the polls for two consecutive election cycles, Republicans are turning introspective, asking how the party fell out of favor so suddenly and how to correct course. That introspection includes... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/11/23/our_party_failed,_our_principles_didnt 78f21eee-b608-41c9-b539-fb53f4cbddf5 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:56:19 GMT As the dust settles after Election Day, it's fair to say that Republicans deserved the thrashing we received. Unfortunately, some good Republicans (Colorado's Bob Schaffer, to name one) lost undeservedly, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/11/10/election_reflections bfbe59e7-6bb4-4f0a-b078-81ce86f74cb5 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:36 GMT Cut through the doubletalk that obscures the financial mess in Washington and on Wall Street, and these points are obvious to everyone paying attention: * Congress used the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Freddie... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/10/27/fannie,_freddie_mess_belongs_at_dems_doorstep 965e536d-9b03-442c-a351-155f5b452c0a Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:55:16 GMT Barack Obama says Republicans "are going to try to make you afraid of me." Well, it's hard to imagine how the GOP could conjure up a more fearsome specter of an Obama presidency than the one created by the tactics of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/10/12/intimidation_by_obamanation efefaa8a-4ddd-4474-ba54-ac425fd6f883 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:35:41 GMT Mark Udall's message to Colorado voters is crystal clear: just tell me want you want to hear, and I'll say it. Udall is a five-term Democrat congressman, vying for perhaps the country's most hotly contested U.S.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkHillman/2008/08/17/udalls_u-turn_on_oil_exploration c91c1eb0-4df5-476c-bc31-051873e35728 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:58:31 GMT