Author: Miller Hudson
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Constituents still message DC — but are our reps even listening? | Miller Hudson
Each time I visit the nation’s capital, it feels a bit like a homecoming — not that I would ever wish to return as a resident. Yet, I did grow up outside the city in Montgomery County, Maryland from 1956 to 1972. Though I visited regularly during the 1980s and 1990s on business, I’ve only…
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Could Weiser or Bennet as governor each be an improvement over Polis? | Miller Hudson
The weekend before last was a forerunner to numerous forums and debates where U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser will jostle for position in the Democratic primary for governor. The victor seems certain to be headed to the governor’s mansion on 8th Avenue. Advertised as a discussion focused on Colorado’s Housing &…
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Like Trump nationally, incumbent Colorado Dems lose sight of what matters to everyday people | Miller Hudson
My years as a high-level radioactive waste manager took me in and out of Washington, D.C. frequently during the 1990s. Following Newt Gingrich’s successful 1994 ouster of the Democratic majority in Congress, following their 40-year reign, I was surprised many Democratic lobbyists were willing to acknowledge privately Newt’s win was probably a good thing. There…
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Why after 70-plus years of readership I won’t renew my Washington Post subscription | Miller Hudson
My brother and I read a lot growing up. Our Dad, a bomb-designing nuclear engineer with the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), purchased our first television the day after we graduated from high school. Yes, there was a statement therein regarding his opinion of a pernicious distraction from our academic pursuits. I can’t imagine what he…
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Pondering Colorado’s population pivot | Miller Hudson
A year ago, I ran across one of those business page statistics which confirmed current reports more families are moving out of Colorado than arriving. Rental companies were noticing for the first time in their memory, certainly since the 1960s, they were hauling more and more empty trucks and trailers into the state. In the…
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Transit, rail initiatives hurtling down the tracks toward a collision | Miller Hudson
At the Colorado legislature, high-profile battles that divide along partisan lines are the exception rather than the rule. Though these disputes earn the most media coverage, beneath the turmoil on the surface are struggles that rarely engage more than a few lobbyists as unpredictable alliances among legislators form across party lines. Pundits have long noted…
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TABOR and the Colorado Constitution’s fiscal Gordian Knot | Miller Hudson
A corporate president advised me once there are two kinds of lawyers: “those who tell you why you can’t do things and those who figure out how to get things done anyway.” He only hired the latter. Since the adoption of the TABOR amendment in 1992, the Colorado legislature has opted for counsel from the…
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Democratic-socialist experiments in New York, Seattle well worth watching | Miller Hudson
Despite writing just once a week, I find myself trying to make content choices two or three weeks ahead — if for no other reason than gathering information. Late last year I theorized Zohran Mamdani just might replace our Tangerine Terror as the most interesting political story in America early in 2026. I was dead…
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The art of a Trumpian Colorado deal for Tina Peters | Miller Hudson
Listen up, Colorado! I have a hell of a deal for our state that’s a solid-gold work of art. We should know by now we have a president who won’t pass up any opportunity to micturate on the Centennial State. Yet, he still prides himself on his skills as a peace negotiator, except for his…
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The subtle independence at the heart of Ben Nighthorse Campbell’s shrewd politics | HUDSON
To have known Ben Nighthorse Campbell was to like him. He had a knack for putting people at ease, making them look forward to another meeting. I certainly felt that way. It wasn’t just his humor or his mesmerizing intensity, but his lack of pretense. Ben decided to be himself long before he became a…