I read that President Barack Obama is going to meet with meteorologists to talk about climate change. While Mr. Fixit could have met with some folks who are serious in their study of climate from all sides of the spectrum, our Commandeer in Thief decided to go to the source of all one needs to […]
So, how does your state stack up when it comes to imposing tax burdens relating to entrepreneurship, small business and investment? The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council just published the Small Business Tax Index 2014, which ranks the 50 states based on 21 different tax measures, including income-based tax rates, property and consumption-based tax burdens, […]
The Cliven Bundy situation in Nevada is a complicated one in that a number of principles are in conflict. As most commentators, including those sympathetic to his cause, have accurately pointed out, Bundy is on legally indefensible ground. Like it or not, the land on which his cows were grazing is indeed owned by the […]
Leave it to entrepreneurs to envision new uses for an old facility. We’re talking specifically about Joe and Mita White and their efforts to turn a former feed mill in Grand Junction into an adventure center featuring a trampoline park, obstacle courses and climbing walls — not to mention Mita White’s Pilates studio. The Whites […]
Two important indicators are headed in opposition directions, which constitutes good news for the Mesa County economy. The monthly unemployment rate slipped another two-tenths of a point to retreat to 7.9 percent in March. That means the jobless rate has backed off four-tenths of a point from January, when the rate typically spikes to its […]
While most entrepreneurs would consider themselves fortunate to launch just one successful venture, there are others who make it a habit. They no sooner get one business up and running than they’re looking for the next opportunity. Jon Labrum, the latest winner of an annual entrepreneurship award presented in the Grand Valley, constitutes an excellent […]
Let freedom ring. Tax freedom, that is. The day when average Colorado residents will have earned enough money to pay their federal, state and local taxes will arrive on April 22. That’s a day after U.S. citizens will have stopped working for Uncle Sam and finally can start working for themselves. There’s no shortage of […]
More importantly, I didn’t elect you to do what I want you to do, either. The same goes for the folks who got elected that I didn’t vote for. As a matter of fact, I think this same thing of every elected politician across the federal, state and local levels save this one demand: Stick […]
Looking back on the events of the last few weeks, I found myself wondering if there’s a Russian word for Lebensraum. For those who have an appreciation of the history of World War II — I’m not sure how modern progressive high school history texts might refer to it, if at all — the parallels […]
An important election looms this November. (Will there ever be an election deemed “unimportant?”) As the election approaches and we prepare for the machinations that accompany an American election year, it’s worth our while to reflect on what is at stake. We are required to divide our attention between state and national issues, with elections […]