Author: By Eric Sondermann

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…

Excellent books abound. But it is a rarity to find one that almost perfectly captures the current moment. Upon recent reading, which was my reaction to Evan Osnos’s “Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.” The title derives from a catastrophic California wildfire several years ago. In trying to determine the blaze’s origin, experts were able…

A guy ought to be able to leave town, even the country, with the expectation that sanity will prevail, that the inmates will not be given the keys to the place, and that he’ll return a couple of weeks later to find things essentially the same as when he departed. Well, as we have learned…

The battle is marching forward. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced his candidacy to be Colorado’s governor at the start of the year. After weeks of speculation and trial balloons, Senator Michael Bennet entered the governor’s race in early April. This will be a clash of heavyweights. As a kinetic attorney general that Colorado can remember,…

April 30th will mark the 100th day of this Trump presidency. I am allocated about 750 words to digest it. Let’s go. The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America. Photos of the Enola Gay were purged. If only Harry Truman had sent a heterosexual bomber to annihilate Hiroshima. The world’s wealthiest human…