Author: Jon Caldara
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Gambling is better than polling in predicting elections | CALDARA
You’ve heard the term, “click bait.” It’s those wonderful, tempting links all over websites like “The top-10 sexiest actors,” or “You’ll never believe what she looks like now.” For political junkies, our click bait is the latest poll numbers. We mostly use them to reinforce our already held beliefs, because nothing is as addictive as…
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Help grieving parents | CALDARA
Had my daughter lived she would’ve just celebrated her 25th birthday. She died of a vicious form of cancer just days before her first birthday. She was our only child at the time. Twenty-four years later, I still have no way to express what it is like to be a parent one day and then…
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Why Weiser has an advantage over Bennet to become Colorado’s next governor | CALDARA
Our last election is in the rearview mirror by more than a week now, meaning we’re more than a week into the 2026 election cycle slog. God help us. Ever been in a line at Disneyland? You think you’re finally at the end of it as you turn a corner to see it just keeps…
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Colorado’s commie election | CALDARA
If you’re a fan of limited government, personal liberty, or educational choice, Tuesday night’s election results were a downer, just another one in a long line of depressing elections that has made Colorado more California than California. However, if you prefer a controlling elite deciding your fate, debt, class envy and teacher unions, it was…
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Democrats don’t look for answers in Colorado | CALDARA
Outside of Colorado, Democrats are still panicked about President Donald Trump’s victory, trying to figure out how Americans can be so stupid as to reject their elitist-driven, woke socialism. But inside Colorado, Democrats see no need to worry. Unchecked power tends to do that. A new report from a centrist Democratic group called Welcome confirms…
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How to build faith in Colorado’s mail-in ballots | CALDARA
Here’s a little news story that deserves a ton more attention. Elizabeth Ann Davis, 61, of Castle Rock was convicted of voter fraud. She illegally voted ballots for her son and dead ex-husband. She could face up to three years in the pokey. This is a big deal because voter fraud is a very difficult…
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Colorado’s changing role as policy lab | CALDARA
For decades, Colorado has served as the nation’s favorite guinea pig — a testing ground for policies so bold, so idealistic and so occasionally boneheaded other states quietly thanked us for jumping in the pool first. What Silicon Valley is for apps, Colorado is for policy experiments. Sadly, when our “beta test” crashes, there’s no…
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Gov. Polis chooses electric vehicles over the handicapped | CALDARA
Colorado’s governor just made this statement “The market has made it clear, EVs (electric vehicles) are here to stay.” I agree with him. Electric cars, unlike 8-track tapes and rotary-dial phones, will continue to be available to consumers for a long, long time. Cool. But why he made the statement puzzles me. He did so…
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This election tests Coloradans’ willingness to act on class envy | CALDARA
Everyone knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. All the same Colorado voters will be tested this fall if they know that. Expectations are that modern, middle-class Coloradans will deny the “no such thing as a free lunch” truism. They will likely double-down on buying their kids “free school lunch,” with other people’s…
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A small rebellion against nannies in Denver | CALDARA
Of all places to find a growing citizens’ rebellion against the nanny state, who’d guess it’s happening in woke Denver? Take note — if Denverites can claw back a little freedom from their elite, it can happen in your city too. In this city of 70 breweries, 2,000 liquor establishments, some 300 cannabis dispensaries and…