John Ellis

On the October 27, 2026, broadcast, Kim Monson talks with Natalie Menten, a board member of the TABOR Foundation, about why she urges a no vote on Proposition NN, which would let the state keep refunds owed under Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights with ... See more

Get 30 day free trial This is the second of a 5-part series of podcasts previewing the mid-term elections.The guest isJim Messina, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama (in his first term) and campaign manager of the Obama re-electio... See more

The terms of the controversy over higher education hardly changed for three or four decades. Conservatives complained of political activism freezing out serious scholarship. Liberals rejected that criticism as politically motivated and argued that Marxist... See more

Share ('Alternate Shots', Episode #41. Co-hosted byRichard HaassandJohn Ellis. Produced byDale Eisinger. Recorded, 9 September 2026. If you prefer, you can listen to this episode (and all previous episodes) by clicking on these hyperlinks:Apple,Amazon, an... See more

Share 1. As we approach the mid-term elections, the term 'enthusiasm gap' has resumed its rightful place as a key variable in the eventual outcomes. One of the truisms of political analysis is that mid-term elections areturn-out elections.In a roughly 50-... See more