Author: Hal Bidlack

Hal Bidlack If you will forgive me for not going on and on about a single subject, today I want to go on and on about three stories in Colorado Politics that caught my eye, and I think should catch your eye as well. Over the years, I’ve written about the reintroduction of wolves to…

Hal Bidlack Often, during the last seven years or so I’ve been writing for Colorado Politics, I’ve been inspired by a particular news story, and have delivered columns focused on a single topic. Other times, I’ve found it interesting to cobble together different stories I feel are worth your attention, albeit briefly, along with some…

Hal Bidlack For decades, if you wanted to start an argument, all you had to do was find a group of people and yell something about gun control. It wouldn’t matter if you were pro or anti, the mere thought of gun control was and still is enough to set lots of folks off on…

Hal Bidlack If you’ve glanced at my column from time to time, perhaps as you were wrapping fish, you may well have noticed I find certain sections of Colorado Politics especially rich in stories I want to comment upon. This week is no different, as the most recent Out West Roundup had several stories I…

Hal Bidlack If you’ve read more than one or two of my columns, you’ve likely seen me brag about my time at the University of Michigan. I’m about as much of a wolverine as you can be. I was born in the U of M hospital, my dad was a dean there for decades, and…

Hal Bidlack When I ran for Congress back in 2008, Colorado was considered one of the most important “swing states,” in the U.S. Our Electoral College votes might swing either way, making us a purple state to be sure. That characterization was, in fact, quite important in my decision to run, in that I posited…

Hal Bidlack Back in the 1980s, my three kids were born in military hospitals. The first two entered the world at the base hospital on FE Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, where I was first stationed as a “finger-on-the-button” ICBM launch officer and then later as an instructor in the same business. I remember…

Hal Bidlack I recall a few years back I was checking out of a hotel after a few day’s stay. I knew the room rate, of course, but I was a tad startled to see a whole list of a half dozen additional “fees” tacked on. There was a “tourist” fee, a “resort” fee, as…

Hal Bidlack As we approach the election season (for some of us, it is already here), I can’t resist making a few national politics comments, but I promise my kindly and forgiving editor that I will end with something specifically about Colorado politics, unless I run out of space (Ed: keeping my eye on you…).…

Hal Bidlack As you have likely heard drone on repeatedly in this space, I was a failed congressional candidate back in 2008, when I pulled in more than 113,000 votes, which might seem like a lot until you know that the GOPer involved, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, got 183,000 or so. Still, about as many…