Commentary / Analysis

Conservative failure in 2010?

Not exactly. However, the mixed results of the 2010 midterm elections do raise certain questions about the effectiveness of the conservative message. The results, both on a national and local level, seemed convoluted. Both promising victories and puzzling defeats plagued the already unpredictable and peculiar election night. And despite the narrow wins, surprising losses, and mixed emotions of political pundits, conservatives have reason to trudge forward with cautious optimism.

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NPR video attacks tea party movement

Jefferson County Conservative Examiner Michael Schaus

National Public Radio often finds itself home to liberal perspectives, both on its editorial programs, and within the ranks of its “hard news” programs. Opinion pieces inherently carry a worldview, and just as Sean Hannity is a commentator on Fox, such opposite commentators can be expected on NPR. However, a recent video displayed on the website for NPR raises serious concerns about how our tax dollars are funding an agenda at NPR, rather than a public news service. The video not only shows a clear unabashed liberal world view but holds so little constructive or intelligent dialogue it can only accurately be described as an outright partisan “hit-piece.”

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Tax dollars awarded to prove healthcare opponents are racist June 21, 3:25 PM Jefferson County Conservative Examiner Michael Schaus

Taxpayer dollars are being used to fund a National Science Foundation report aimed at proving opposition to healthcare initiatives last year were motivated by race, and not fiscal or economical concerns. The National Science Foundation, a government agency controlled directly by the executive branch, has granted funds to a UCLA professor to study the racist tendencies of the Healthcare opposition crowd. David Sears, a professor of psychology at UCLA, is no stranger to racial politics as he moves forward with his blatantly biased “scientific” study, funded by we the people.  Read More Here

Protesters rally against Starbucks for allowing guns

April 19, 12:58 PM Jefferson County Conservative Examiner Michael Schaus

Picket signs and protesters rallied at a Denver Starbucks in an effort to implore the chain to change its policies on firearms. Currently the coffee giant allows customers to carry firearms into its stores in accordance with state laws. Starbucks has no ban on lawful concealed carry, or even open carry, on its premises. But Colorado Ceasefire, a Colorado based gun control group, is trying to pull Starbucks into the center of a divisive social issue. Read More Here