Author: Bob Loevy

  • Pear Harbor Day memories of a grandfather who defended America in 3 wars | LOEVY

    Pear Harbor Day memories of a grandfather who defended America in 3 wars | LOEVY

    Bob Loevy Thursday marked the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor. It was that raid, launched from aircraft carriers, that brought the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor Day brings back memories of my grandfather, Perry Topping, a man who served his country in three…


  • LOEVY | Political wave-watching in Colorado

    LOEVY | Political wave-watching in Colorado

    Bob Loevy Now is the time for folks who follow Colorado politics to start working on their political wave-watching. According to Colorado and national news media, a big red wave is rising far out in the political ocean that will hit the electoral beach in Colorado, and the entire United States, next November. Red wave?…


  • LOEVY | Reporting on the 1960s civil rights movement

    LOEVY | Reporting on the 1960s civil rights movement

    Bob Loevy, as seen while reporting on the civil rights movement in the 1960s February is Black History month. It is a good time to dust off my memories of being a newspaper reporter in Baltimore, Maryland during the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the early 1960s, my city…


  • LOEVY | Why is President Biden so liberal?

    LOEVY | Why is President Biden so liberal?

    Bob Loevy The one-year anniversary of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the United States has produced much commentary about the successes and failures of Biden’s first year in the White House. Most of the evaluations have been unflattering to President Biden. He has neither sought nor won much cooperation from the Republicans in Congress,…


  • LOEVY | Colorado’s need for racially-integrated housing

    LOEVY | Colorado’s need for racially-integrated housing

    Bob Loevy The problem of racial segregation in housing has been an enduring one in the United States. Particularly in older metropolitan areas, there are large sections of cities populated with only African American citizens or Hispanic citizens. This residential form of racial segregation has proven highly resistant to reform and, in certain cities, is…


  • OPINION | Ruling Dems stymied by state’s libertarian bent

    OPINION | Ruling Dems stymied by state’s libertarian bent

    Bob Loevy As usual, the hefty Democratic majorities in the Colorado state legislature spent much of their time fighting against the libertarian spirit of Colorado voters rather than the opposition party Republicans. That is a summary view of the 2021 session of the Colorado state Senate and state House of Representatives. On the last day,…


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