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David Harsanyi

Reach columnist David Harsanyi at dharsanyi@denverpost.com.
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Recent Articles

  • Let's Do Something -- Anything - July 1, 2009
    • Facts. Costs. Consequences. Who cares? We're in the middle of pretending to save the planet, baby. If it's about helping "the environment," suspend reason and salvation...
  • How To Lie With Statistics -- Again - June 26, 2009
    • Did you know that about 300 million Americans went without food, water and shelter at some point last year? I am a survivor. If you were blessed with the prodigiously...
  • Preventive Care is a Sick Idea - June 24, 2009
    • Despite the extraordinary energy exerted in trying to delay the inevitable, the inconvenient fact is we all die. So it is no surprise that "preventive" health care, that...
  • Teaching Dads About -- Sh-h-h- -- Sex - June 19, 2009
    • Though I am a barely competent father of two young daughters, I do plan to excel at one of my patriarchal duties: avoiding any dialogue with my kids about sex, dating or...
  • What's the Big Hurry? - June 17, 2009
    • Weren't we promised some methodical and deliberate governance from President Barack Obama? What happened? The president claims that we must pass a government-run health...
  • Twitter Will Set Them Free - June 10, 2009
    • On his recent trip abroad, President Barack Obama declared that the United States could not impose its values on other nations. But what if we were actually complicitous...
  • Taxpayers Should Look to Colorado - June 5, 2009
    • Across the country, Americans are suffering at the hands of out-of-control state governments and spending. But guess what? There exists an immunization that helps...
  • Save the Motherland; Buy GM! - June 3, 2009
    • For those of you who carefully have avoided piddling away your hard-earned dollars on a General Motors vehicle, resistance is futile. You're a majority "investor" now....
  • No Free Ride for Sotomayor - May 29, 2009
    • You know what would be a nice change of pace? A nominee for public office whose compelling life story didn't remind me of my pitiably self-indulgent life. Fortunately,...
  • Is the Abortion Debate Changing? - Reason - May 28, 2009
    • As an atheist and a secular kinda guy, I practice moral relativism regularly. Still, I always have struggled mightily with the ethics and politics of abortion....
  • Is the Abortion Debate Changing? - May 27, 2009
    • As an atheist and a secular kinda guy, I practice moral relativism regularly. Still, I always have struggled mightily with the ethics and politics of abortion....
  • Fear: Our National Pastime - May 22, 2009
    • In a speech defending his detainee plan this week, President Barack Obama brandished his now-famous Spock-like wisdom by claiming that "our government made decisions...
  • Coming to Your Garage: Le Car - May 21, 2009
    • Finally, Americans can start moving forward -- albeit in small, unsafe, state-mandated, subsidized pieces of junk. We all remember a time when we drove around in nearly...
  • Hookers Over Censors - May 15, 2009
    • The first case of prostitution probably dates back to the Paleolithic era, and the last instance of quid pro sexus most likely will take place whenever it is that human...
  • Rise of the Soda Jerks - May 13, 2009
    • "And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the Pepsi drinker!" There has to be a statement about soft drinks...
  • The Obama Lexicon - May 8, 2009
    • Washington always has been a thermonuclear cliché generator. But the Obama administration, with all its super-smarts, has taken the exploitation of the euphemism...
  • Sorry, History Is Just Not That Simple - May 6, 2009
    • It's fun to be idealistic in a world of moral absolutes. I know because I'm a columnist. But when we start discussing history, things always seem to get...
  • Change the GOP Should Believe In - Denver Post - May 2, 2009
  • Change the GOP Should Believe In - May 2, 2009
    • It was a mere four years ago that the Republican Party governed -- and I assure you I employ the word "govern" reluctantly -- every level of federal government. Few...
  • Free Speech or Just Annoying? - April 29, 2009
    • Each day, millions of Americans unload their opinions for the world to see -- Tweeting, blogging and so forth. That, in itself, is a shame. Any rational person would...
  • D.C. Takes Up the Evils of Modern Living - April 22, 2009
    • Get ready for a dazzling display of environmental alarmism this week as Washington takes up the evils of modern living. When it comes to the Earth's demise, no one is...
  • Not in Our Name - April 10, 2009
    • Why should we "respect" the Saudis? Is it the corporal punishment and amputations? Is it the lack of free speech? Is it a judicial system in which women...
  • Arne Duncan's Fundamental Dishonesty - April 8, 2009
    • Then The Wall Street Journal's editorial board reported that the Department of Education had buried a study that illustrated unquestionable and pervasive improvement...
  • Learning from Dummies - April 3, 2009
    • As I made a mental note to delete my topless photos pronto -- lest some wiseguy disseminate them on Facebook and induce hundreds of my "friends" to throw up...
  • Don't Fear Debate; Feat Its End - April 1, 2009
    • The board cautiously crafted an arrangement that requires teachers to allow students to scrutinize "all sides" of the issue. This decision is widely seen as...
  • Make Sense, Not War - March 27, 2009
    • So what are we going to do about it? Continue the drug war, of course. A war on drugs -- in whatever form it is implemented -- never will...
  • Hey, Guys, What's the Exit Strategy? - March 25, 2009
    • Inevitably, a few institutions abused their new funding in supposed "reckless" corporate extravagance. Congress dealt with the ensuing populist fury by...
  • There's More to Life Than Science - March 14, 2009
    • Many liberals oppose the expansion of nuclear energy or genetically modified foods, to offer just two examples. Why would they stand in the way of science?...
  • The Economy: Just Blame Bush? - March 11, 2009
    • Isn't it too early to judge? It would be if Obama had not accelerated the timeline with his "ambitious" agenda, including the partisan trillion-dollar...
  • The Spendagorean Theorem - March 6, 2009
    • Likewise, math, as we all know, sucks the fun out of everything. Only pointy-headed know-it-alls find math interesting. Society should shun these freaks relentlessly...
  • Nothing Personal, But I Hope You All Fail - March 4, 2009
    • If we can't look to our politicians to fulfill our yearly schadenfreude quota, whom can we trust? Which brings me to radio talk show host Rush...
  • The Messiah Complex - February 27, 2009
    • When Sarah Palin first appeared on the national scene, she was greeted with an enthusiasm that far exceeded her achievements -- much like Obama. As soon as...
  • The Right Not To Be Offended? - February 25, 2009
    • Attorney General Eric Holder recently claimed that we, as a nation, have been cowards on the topic of race. And maybe he's right. Some Americans are cowards. Other...
  • Be a Patriot: Pay Up! - February 20, 2009
    • This week, Barack Obama heroically signed away $787,000,000,000 for so-called stimulus. He reportedly praised a Republican supporter for her patriotism in...
  • Thou Shalt Not Organize - February 18, 2009
    • Last year, for instance, atheists -- along with humanists, secularists and a gaggle of other "ists" -- gathered in dozens of cities to celebrate a holiday...
  • The War on Home Runs - February 11, 2009
    • Speaking of which, Congress is revving up its un-American war on the home run once again. This week, all-star shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged with lying to...
  • Lennon or Lenin, It Stinks - February 8, 2009
    • If your answer is that those executives who take (and sometimes beg) government assistance should be prepared to suck it up (and the salary cap bill is more political...
  • The Return of One-Party Rule - January 30, 2009
    • So though Nobel laureates can't reach anything resembling a consensus, your former community-organizing/ car-dealing/ambulance-chasing congressman has the...
  • The Biggest Con -- Ever - January 28, 2009
    • And for God's sake, unite! Those pikers in Congress can do a lot better than $825 billion. Surely, there are more states to bribe, more special interests to...
  • Is Dissent Still Patriotic? - January 21, 2009
    • How about those who praised dissent for the past eight years? Is there anyone who still believes the Constitution was created to ensure each citizen...