Author: Mark Hillman
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OPINION | A divisive doctrine is now Colorado law — and coming to our kids’ classrooms
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Mark Hillman For the first time in history, legislators are writing the progressive doctrine of “intersectionality” into Colorado law. They want our schools to teach that the groups we belong to – our race, sexuality and religion – are more important than our shared achievements, our character, and the way we treat each other. House…
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OPINION | To win, Republicans need a permanent campaign of their own
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Mark Hillman Everyone knows that Republicans and Democrats hold fundamentally different views of government. For Republicans, government is a necessary inconvenience that should be limited to a few essential functions like national defense, public safety, highways and public schools. To Democrats, government is an essential service that should do all of the above, right every…
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters just don’t like Trump, and Republicans reaped the result
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Mark Hillman Colorado’s 2018 midterm election was an across-the-board smackdown to Republicans. Democrats won every statewide office for the first time in 80 years and gained their largest legislative majority since 1958. In several local elections, voters rejected Republicans and chose Democrats who were either manifestly unqualified or incredibly outside the mainstream. Shell-shocked Republicans are asking,…
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MARK HILLMAN | Hold government accountable — and call off the culture wars
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. Colorado’s Western spirit has long embodied a live-and-let-live creed that respects personal freedom and preserves the citizens’ control over government, both firmly rooted in the Colorado Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Those principles exist in constant tension as…
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Capitol critics could benefit from real-world perspective
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Ideas inspire both philosophers and legislators, but the two jobs differ considerably thereafter. That distinction is critical to understanding the current dust-up between the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara and several Republican lawmakers. A thoughtful, assertive voice for liberty, Caldara is a friend and an ally. He and the Institute advocate tirelessly for personal freedom and…