Author: Hal Bidlack

Hal Bidlack One of the challenges of writing my twice-weekly missives is Colorado Politics always has more interesting stories than there is space to comment upon them. For today’s column, there was excellent rant bait in a CoPo story that discusses the outrageous and, frankly, stupid efforts by some Republicans in my old home state…

Hal Bidlack Every now and then, the cult that runs North Korea trots out an “election” to demonstrate to the world how much support the Kim family has among the people of that imprisoned land. Back in 2014, North Korean “media” reported Kim Jong Un received 100% of the vote, and there were no abstentions.…

Hal Bidlack Back in the 1990s, when I was teaching political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy, I was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the same day as another instructor. Now, if you’ve ever been to a military promotion ceremony, you will recall there are parts of the ceremony that are traditional, such as…

Hal Bidlack It’s a dark and gloomy Sunday afternoon, and with a number of errands to run tomorrow, now is the time to write my Tuesday column. The Broncos just lost, but my Michigan Wolverines won and are now the No. 1 team in the nation heading into the playoffs. So, there’s that. Oh, and…

Hal Bidlack There have been 11,573 members of the United States House of Representatives over the history of the United States. Over the years there have been some truly remarkable people in that body. From a quiet one-termer named Abraham Lincoln to the utterly odd and flawed Marjorie Taylor Greene, we’ve seen quite an array…

Hal Bidlack Did anyone miss me? I’ve been gone on a cruise that left Miami, visited a few countries before going through the Panama Canal, then a bit more visiting, on to Los Angeles and then home. I’ve been gone for three weeks; anyone wondering where I went? (Editor: well…) One thing about a cruise…

Hal Bidlack So, not too long ago, during the then-hysterics going on in the Republican Party as they tried to pick a new House Speaker, I raised the idea Ken Buck would be a really good choice. I argued Buck, as one of the Republicans who accepted the fact Joe Biden won the election, was…

Hal Bidlack A recent Colorado Politics story noted former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has endorsed an opponent of one of our national embarrassments, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s. Owens is backing Republican Jeff Hurd, who has gathered quite a bit of attention from what one might call the “rational” wing of the Republican Party. I’ve made…

Hal Bidlack Wow, there is so much to not talk about this week. Part of me wants to go on a tirade against certain tourists in our national parks. A recent news report found a certain unnamed gentleman (it’s pretty much always men, right?) decided his visit to Yellowstone National Park wouldn’t be complete without,…

Hal Bidlack In a recent article on Colorado Politics, terrific reporter Ernest Luning reviewed the ongoing squabbling in the El Paso County Republican Party. It seems the chaos going on at the national level of the GOP is serving as a model for how the El Paso County Republican Party is going about its business.…