Author: By Eric Sondermann

Avalanche superstar Cale Makar, not one to pass up a strategic advantage, would never be so bold as to suggest that the other team be required to play with broken sticks. Caitlin Clark, her polished exterior barely concealing the fierce competitor within, would not think of proposing that the basket at the opponent’s end of…

A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel. As both parties have moved toward their extremities and the political noise machine exists on constant overdrive, moderation or centrism often seems endangered qualities. Any Republican not fully,…

By most standards and for most Americans, these are times of relative comfort. We live in air-conditioned homes, relax in front of enormous television screens, benefit from innovative medical technology, access obscure information in seconds, and travel across the country or the globe in mere hours, despite scheduling snafus and insufficient legroom. Of course, that…

Those of a vintage will recall “A Bridge Too Far,” “The Bridge at Remagen,” and “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” Somewhat more recently, we have had “The Bridges of Madison County,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Girl on the Bridge,” and “The Lovers on the Bridge.” Thank you, AI, for that list. I have personally seen…

Amidst the dismay and recrimination that currently occupy Democrats, an active discussion is taking place around a new theory of governance that has become known by a single word, “abundance.” True, this dialogue is mainly limited to wonky types and policymakers. But it holds the potential to redefine the party around an agenda of opportunity…

Criticizing friends is no fun. However, it is sometimes necessary if one purports to be an honest broker and fair-minded columnist. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has been a longtime friend, even as the chill from her of late has been downright icy. We boast the same college alma mater. She did some routine legal work…

The Fourth of July is approaching soon. It is an occasion for neighborhood gatherings, flying the flag, burgers on the grill and kids taking delight in their sparklers. Might it also be an opportunity to reflect on the troubled state of our republic, 249 years after the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence? I…

We interrupt the scenes of rockets over Tehran and Jerusalem, legislative body bags in Minnesota, tanks rolling down Constitution Avenue, and “No Kings” protests juxtaposed with Democratic royalty arriving in black Suburbans for Alex Soros’s wedding to return to regularly scheduled programming. That standard fare centers around the issue of immigration, which determined the last…

Long before Donald Trump descended his New York escalator in 2015 to throw his hat in the presidential ring, a Coloradan of prominence did much to lay the groundwork and pave the way. For recent arrivals to our state, the name Tom Tancredo might not mean much or even be recognizable. However, for those of…