Author: Tom Cronin

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Colorado has eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Colorado Springs and its suburbs have been in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District ever since it was created by the state legislature in the early 1970s. The 5th Congressional District used to include about 10 counties, stretching out…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Tomorrow, June 10, 2024, is the 60th anniversary of the successful cloture vote in the U.S. Senate that enabled final enactment, on July 2, 1964, of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the law that made illegal all forms of racial segregation in public businesses throughout the…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy There is no one great American political film. Yet there are dozens of provocative films and documentaries that help us understand the American experiment. They tell of our successes and our failings and how long it has taken us to live up to our lofty aspirations of liberty and opportunity…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Policy change typically requires leadership, both non-elected as well as elected leadership, in at least three distinct phases. In what can be called Act I, policy ideas are formulated and launched. In Act II, they are spread and support for them is mobilized. In Act III, power brokers and elected…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Policy change typically requires leadership, both non-elected as well as elected leadership, in at least three distinct phases. In what can be called Act I, policy ideas are formulated and launched. In Act II, they are spread and support for them is mobilized. In Act III, power brokers and elected…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Our imperfect presidential primary system has given us two imperfect national party nominees for president. Former President Donald Trump won 14 of 15 primaries on Super Tuesday and a handful more this week. Nikki Haley won Vermont and District of Columbia and then suspended her campaign. Biden won easily everywhere.…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Our imperfect presidential primary system has given us two imperfect national party nominees for president. Former President Donald Trump won 14 of 15 primaries on Super Tuesday and a handful more this week. Nikki Haley won Vermont and District of Columbia and then suspended her campaign. Biden won easily everywhere.…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Colorado in recent decades has been a population boom state. But a new study by the Colorado State Demography Office indicates this may be changing —  even as parts of El Paso County and greater Denver continue to grow rapidly. From 2010 to 2020 Colorado was adding nearly 75,000 new residents…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Colorado in recent decades has been a population boom state. But a new study by the Colorado State Demography Office indicates this may be changing —  even as parts of El Paso County and greater Denver continue to grow rapidly. From 2010 to 2020 Colorado was adding nearly 75,000 new residents…