Ari Armstrong

2 weeks ago | completecolorado.com | Ari Armstrong

By Jon CaldaraTABOR simply means voter consent. TABOR is democracy. Weakening TABOR is weakening democracy. Every couple of years the spending lobby orchestrates an assault on our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. They are testing another onslaught likely for next year. I was around for the fights to pass TABOR in the early 1990s. Then- Gov.Roy Romer famously declared if it passed, it will put a “going out of business” sign on the entrance to Colorado.

3 weeks ago | completecolorado.com | Ari Armstrong

By Jon CaldaraHollywood is coming to my hometown. By now you’ve heard the Sundance Film Festival is moving to Boulder. What a relief! Finally, some common folk are coming to town. As you know, Boulder is home to the state’s most smug elite, those who know how the rest of us should live, what we should value. And they are thrilled to use government to mandate it upon us.

1 month ago | completecolorado.com | Jon Caldara |Ari Armstrong

By Jon CaldaraWith apologies to Pete Seeger, and the 5,000 acts who covered his song. Where have all the liberals gone? Long time passing. Where have all the liberals gone? Long time ago. Where have all the liberals gone? Young progressives canceled them, every one. When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn? Do you remember liberals, those principled freaks of yesteryear, out of step with mainstream society by demanding free speech for all, including those they didn’t like?

1 month ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Ari Armstrong

Generally, conservative Christians who condemn transgender people nevertheless believe in a God who is mysteriously three persons in one; a God in whose image both men and women are created, implying that God at least in essential “image” is not gendered; a God who goes by different names and different pronouns in different contexts and who appears to people in different forms, including a burning bush and a cloud; a God who calls on followers to undergo ritualistic death to lead a new life;...

1 month ago | completecolorado.com | Ari Armstrong

By Mike RosenEarly in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating process I wasn’t enthused about Donald Trump. While I approved of his accomplishments as president and his public policy agenda, I thought his brash style and the clumsy way he ended his presidency would be a drawback, and that someone like Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley was a more electable and capable choice. As it turned out, I was wrong.