Author: Kelly Sloan

Kelly Sloan When earlier this year the video broke of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s theater debauchery, more than a few people started seeing the traces of writing on the wall of her political future. When the campaign finance numbers emerged a little while later showing her most likely Democratic opponent, Adam Frisch, enjoying a historically…

Kelly Sloan Before Colorado’s political eyes turn inward for the 2024 legislative session and coming election insanity, it has become something of a tradition of mine to use this last column of the year to summarize the world scene heading into the new year. It’s a bit grim, to say the least. This past year…

Kelly Sloan Rob Witwer, the former member of the Colorado House of Representatives and co-author of “The Blueprint,” characteristically had the most succinct and accurate description of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to disqualify Donald Trump from the state primary ballot: “Four unelected judges just took away my right to vote against Donald Trump.”…

Kelly Sloan Daniel Hannan, the British author and former member of the European Parliament, has taken upon himself the task of being the bearer of grim, if obvious, news. While the world is focused on the Israel-Hamas war, he writes in The Telegraph, Ukraine’s touted counter-offensive has failed, and the specter of a Russian victory…

Kelly Sloan The spectacular public life of Dr. Henry Kissinger, the preeminent conceptualist of American foreign policy in the latter half of the 20th century, is familiar to anyone with an interest in public affairs, especially those who are over the age of about 40. Dr. Kissinger passed last week at the age of 100,…

Kelly Sloan It may not be the sexiest case ever to appear before the Supreme Court, and is unlikely to provoke marches and counter marches in Washington D.C., or spur competing histrionics on cable news shows, but SEC v. Jarkesy has the makings of being a quiet, but transformative, landmark. The case was heard this…

Kelly Sloan First things first; this is due to be published on Thanksgiving Day. So if this is Thanksgiving Day and you are reading this, stop. Go do something more befitting the day. I mean, make sure your subscription is paid up, of course, and by all means come back to this tomorrow or Monday.…

Kelly Sloan Charles Lane, deputy opinion editor and columnist at the Washington Post beat me to the punch, publishing a piece Wednesday morning titled “If Hamas really cared about Palestinian lives, it would surrender.” It’s fine, he probably has a couple more readers than I do, and in any case I’ll take the thought a…

Kelly Sloan William Ruger is a bright and accomplished academic with an impressive record. He boasts equally impressive debating skills, which he displayed earlier this week at Colorado Christian University, in a debate co-sponsored by the university’s Centennial Institute and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. The debate was regarding whether it is in America’s interest to…

Kelly Sloan U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced this week he has decided to not seek reelection. A lot, obviously, goes into a decision of that magnitude, and the practical political considerations, such as the likelihood of the threat of a successful primary, are not the least of them. But whatever his ultimate motivations, the deed…