Author: Miller Hudson

Miller Hudson If you were hoping the Denver Mayoral race would put Colorado politics to bed for the remainder of 2023, think again. Question HH is headed to the ballot in November. And, as a daily sideshow, the former guy in the White House will be attempting to lure his Republican primary challengers into a…

Miller Hudson Technology was precipitating social and cultural change in prehistoric times. We don’t possess a written record of the cultural impacts of farming, the wheel, irrigation or a host of other innovations that shaped the earliest civilizations. Whether theories of catastrophism accompanied these intellectual leaps is anyone’s guess. Human nature being what it is,…

Miller Hudson As I watched the Denver mayoral debate sponsored by Colorado Politics last week, I couldn’t elude a hunch this style of expert quizzing before an audience is likely to vanish during the next few election cycles. On a night of sporadic rain showers, no more than a few hundred voters made the effort…

Miller Hudson Gov. Jared Polis joined Democratic House and Senate leaders at a press conference last week to slap one another on the back for a successful legislative session the day after legislators headed home not to return until next January. Speaking from behind a podium adorned with a “Real Results for Coloradans” slogan, journalists…

Miller Hudson I moved to Colorado just two weeks before Pat Schroeder was first elected to Congress in 1972. Like any newcomer, I knew little to nothing about the circumstances of her campaign but was mildly surprised a 32 year old had been elected to Congress from Denver. Pat was among a vanguard crop of…

Miller Hudson Several weeks ago, a survey of reported earnings for 2022 from more than 50 hedge and private banking funds found not a single firm performed better than did market index accounts. In other words, despite higher management fees and a “carried interest” loophole which permits investment managers to pocket personal earnings at a…

Miller Hudson It was 43 years ago when Gov. Dick Lamm announced an executive branch initiative he was launching at the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) to create a “Human Settlements Policy” for Colorado. Although specifics were a little vague at the outset, his goal was to corral runaway growth along the Front Range. The…

Miller Hudson Conservatives who enjoy labeling liberals as snowflakes appear to be reversing course and embracing their fears that a discussion of cultural or historical realities could, God forbid, make them or their children uncomfortable. Speaking for myself, the most important lessons I’ve learned regarding life arrived when it confronted me with inconvenient truths that…

Miller Hudson The mayoral runoff in June will probably not resemble Denver’s version of the “Last Duel.” Then again, anything is possible. Although the first round was close, more than half the residents who bothered to vote cast ballots for one of the 14 now-eliminated candidates. It certainly isn’t safe to expect the race to…

Miller Hudson Forty years ago, Denver lawyer Bryant O’Donnell departed his private firm to serve as general counsel for the Public Service Company of Colorado. An Arab oil embargo and long lines to reach gas pumps in the 1970s remained fresh in voters’ minds. The Republican majority at the legislature was responsive enough to this…