Joshua Sharf

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BIOGRAPHY

A Coloradoan for over a decade, Mr. Sharf grew up in northern Virginia, graduating high school in 1983 with the International Baccalaureate. He attended the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelors of Science in a dual major of Physics and Mathematics. While at the University, he was elected Treasurer and President of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, and was a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national Physics Honor Society.

After graduation, Mr. Sharf returned to northern Virginia, where he took up a career in defense and intelligence consulting, working on such projects as satellite systems and missile defense. Eventually, he turned to a career in web development, and in 1997 he turned west, arriving in Denver in March of that year. He attended the University of Denver as a Daniels Scholar and graduated in 2005 with an MBA as well as a Masters of Science in Finance, and has since passed the NYSE Series 7 and the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam, Level I.

Mr. Sharf was selected as a delegate to the 2006 Colorado Republican state assembly. He also served as an election judge in 2004 and 2005. He also ran for the Colorado State House of Representatives as a Republican for House District 6. He currently serves as the 1st Vice Chairman of the Denver County Republican Party, and chairs the Communications and New Technology Committee.

He currently co-hosts Backbone Radio with former State Senator John Andrews on KNUS-710, and has held down a spot on the Denver Post's PoliticsWest.com Gang of Four Blog. This is in addition to his own blogging at View From a Height, and at Brent Bozell's Newsbusters. He is a graduate of the 2006 class of the Leadership Program of the Rockies.

Mr. Sharf holds a Private Pilot's license, and is a talented amateur photographer. He is a founding member of the DAT Minyan, and an active member of Americans Against Terrorism. His parents, sister and brother-in-law, Ellen & Steve, currently live in Atlanta, and he is the proud uncle of Jamie and Daniel (and will brag about them on demand).

COMMENTARIES

By Joshua Sharf | 11/17/09

So I thought, for just a moment, that I had figured out just how Colorado's Congressional delegation got expanded to upwards of 64 districts. There are two parts to the report - who got the contract and where the work will actually be done. So for this contract, the work is done at Ft. Drum, NY's CD-23. And here, there's no Congressional District at all, I suppose. But, alas, it turns out that Colorado's 23rd... read more »

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Colorado's Lucky 64th Congressional District

By Joshua Sharf | 11/16/09

Sadly, Rocky Mountain Alliance Blogger Ben DeGrow has declined the chance to run in Colorado's 7th Congressional District. Maybe he's angling for one of those jobs created in the Colorado 30th. That's right. At the bargain price of just of $1 million, the Federal Government has created or saved 14 jobs in CD-30. Of course, the additional 14 jobs created in CD-64 came for only $33,000. Of course, the folks down in... read more »

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Maybe He Should Start With Freedom Here At Home

By Joshua Sharf | 11/16/09

According to the Wall Street Journal, President Obama in China argued in favor of Internet freedom, with arguments that should apply to all First Amendment freedoms: Speaking to a selected group of Chinese students at the beginning of his first visit to China, Mr. Obama said that the free flow of information makes societies stronger and holds political leaders accountable. People in positions of power may bristle at criticism, he said, but... read more »

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Electric Cars - Stop 'n' Swap

By Joshua Sharf | 11/09/09

It should be clear that the appropriate analogy to the filling station isn't the recharging station, it's the battery-swapping station, along the lines of a propane refill. Now, an Israeli is trying to make this work in Israel and in Denmark: Better Place proposes building a network of curbside charging stations where owners can top off their vehicle batteries. Agassi’s idea generated $300 million in venture capital and sparked... read more »

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BREAKING: Tom Wiens Joins Crowded Senate Field

By Joshua Sharf | 11/05/09

BREAKING: Former State Senator Tom Wiens has formally filed papers as a candidate for the US Senate race here in Colorado. Quickly noted: Wiens appears to have great confidence in his ability to fundraise competitively with Jane Norton, and he has deep ties to the party activists who have been frequent caucus-goers and state Assembly delegates. He has strength in El Paso and Douglas Counties, both Republican strongholds. All of this... read more »

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Election Day in Colorado

By Joshua Sharf | 11/03/09

While lacking the national cache of N-23 or a govenor's race in a bellwether state (that comes next year), Colorado does have some election activity of its own this year. With the usual caveats about off-year turnout, here are some of the more interesting races to keep an eye on. In Douglas County, the non-partisan school board race has turned partisan, as the teachers' unions try to seize control of that body in a heavily... read more »

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The Very Expensive "New Energy Economy"

By Joshua Sharf | 11/03/09

There are times when one wonders whether or not the writers for the Denver Post actually read the Denver Post. Then, there are times when one wonders whether is would make any difference if the did. On October 14, the Post carried an AP story noting that the new German government, a coalition between the Christian Democrats - Mark Steyn's right of left of right of center party - and the Free Democrats, who actually permit themselves the luxury... read more »

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Basil II Obama

By Joshua Sharf | 10/30/09

I've always been a sucker for the Byzantine Empire. I'll write a more extensive review of the new book, Lost to the West, soon, but for the moment, I want to focus on one particular emperor, the last of the Macedonian Dynasty, and the last truly great emperor Byzantium produced, Basil II. Basil took power by overthrowing a regent who wanted the crown for himself, and by putting down rebellion by a couple of successful generals who... read more »

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Bleg

By Joshua Sharf | 10/29/09

I'm working on a post about Barack Obama's governing style, and I need to find a blog posting I saw recently. It winds up with a discussion of Obama's foreign policy, positing that the reason he uses so many special envoys and special advisors is that he's trying to avoid confiding in anyone the big picture, his overall vision for America's place in the world. It was well-written, and in a reasonably prominent blog, and I can't for... read more »

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Coast to Coast Taxes

By Joshua Sharf | 10/29/09

Ben DeGrow follows up on a John Fund piece in the Wall Street Journal last week, discussing a couple of ballot initiatives in Maine and Washington State. The closely mirror our own Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which limits budget growth to inflation + population growth. Ben sees these as almost more of a bellwether than the NY-23, and New Jersey & Virginia governor's races. The referenda, I-1033 in Washington and Ballot... read more »