Author: Mark Hillman
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THE PODIUM | State would bungle health care, too
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Mark Hillman It’s not hard to understand why people are frustrated with health care. Electricians, plumbers and mechanics can send us a simple bill with a price for their work, but doctors and hospitals send us bills with sticker-shock prices that they know will be marked down later. Our health insurance isn’t really “insurance” but…
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On social media, we no longer agree to disagree
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Mark Hillman We live in a truly strange and unsettling time in America. Never before have I seen ordinary, hard-working Americans so on edge, so angry, so spoiling for a fight — about anything or with anyone, even people they recently considered personal friends. A couple years ago, I asked Charles Murray, author of “Coming Apart,”…
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‘Mobocracy’ subverts unity on Floyd’s slaying
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Mark Hillman Most Americans were sickened by the senseless killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. For a day or two, we were unified, asking, “How could this happen?” and “What can be done so it doesn’t happen again?” But protests soon turned into riots and looting, inflicting untold damage to property and…
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OPINION | Help wanted: Any functioning adult for president
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Mark Hillman It seems today that the only thing that unites Republicans is their disdain for Democrats and the only thing that unites Democrats is their hatred of Republicans. Meanwhile, both parties face their own internal struggles. For Democrats, secular progressives want to slash and burn everything about America that causes them outrage while traditional…
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Hillman: Embracing Obamacare caused Colorado budget crunch
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The newest dubious justification for weakening Colorado’s limits on government spending is “our aging population.” The spending lobby seeks to frighten senior citizens by telling them that the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in our state constitution “hampers the ability to fund key programs.” Parents are told that public schools are in a squeeze because state…
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Hillman: Persecution, prosecution and government intimidation
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“I love my country, but I fear my government” once struck me as a bit paranoid. However, recent accounts of citizens who’ve fallen into bureaucrats’ crosshairs are a reminder that “just because I’m paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after me.” Consider these examples of government run amok: • Oregon ranchers Steven and Dwight Hammond face…
