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Are our overlords normalizing power outages? | Jon Caldara

Updated 19 hours ago

I’ve lived in Colorado since 1970. And you know what Colorado had back in 1970? High winds blowing down the Front Range. I moved to...

Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 1 day ago

Our constitutional framers boldly and ambitiously granted Congress the power to declare war yet granted the executive the responsibility, after war is declared, to supervise...

The delicate, ever-changing dance between politics and religion | SONDERMANN

Updated 2 days ago

The dance, really a marathon that brings to mind the classic movie “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, has been going on as long as there...

Roasts, get yer roasts, here: Capitol M | Week of March 14, 2026

Updated 2 days ago

The lighter side of the Capitol, especially in the past week Apparently, the pending and eventual switch to daylight stupid time has put people in...

The backstory behind the school-funding TABOR ballot initiative | Paula Noonan

Updated 4 days ago

You get what you pay for in your state reps | Hal Bidlack

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams

Updated 7 days ago

Someone’s lying in latest activist embarrassment for Polis’ CPW Commission | Rachel Gabel

Updated 7 days ago

Ask Secretary of State candidates if they’re in favor of independent election audits | Jon Caldara

Updated 1 week ago

Redistricting plan to give Colorado Dems 7 members of the U.S. House will split El Paso County | Bob Loevy

Updated 1 week ago

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 1 week ago

Redistricting scheme would give Colorado Democrats seven House members, split El Paso County | Bob Loevy

Updated 1 week ago

Is Trump a builder or just a latter-day headhunter? | SONDERMANN

Updated 1 week ago

Pueblo board violates Open Meetings Law | Dennis Maes

Updated 1 week ago

Not-so-public comment in Douglas County | Paula Noonan

Updated 2 weeks ago

Let’s do some high and low history. First, the high history. England’s King George III didn’t like the complaining he heard from the American colonies,...

Should we have recall votes for all Colorado elected officials? | Hal Bidlack

Updated 2 weeks ago

As I write this on the Sunday before you read it, we’ve just learned of the first American casualties of our, what — war? conflict?...

Could Weiser or Bennet as governor each be an improvement over Polis? | Miller Hudson

Updated 2 weeks ago

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...

Poison, poultry and prostitution — the Colorado legislature marches on | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

Many weeks my search history is odd but the past two weeks might worry our county sheriff if he didn’t know me as well as...

Thoughts on President Trump’s State of the Union address | Cronin & Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

Are Colorado businesses leaving or evacuating? | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

Additional thoughts on State of the Union address/rally | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

A cynical import Colorado doesn’t need | SONDERMANN

Updated 2 weeks ago

Cute puppy overload and an audition of a different kind: Capitol M | Week of Feb. 28, 2026

Updated 2 weeks ago

Boulder’s bleak oil-and-gas legal entanglements | Paula Noonan

Updated 3 weeks ago

How much liberty do you really believe in? | Hal Bidlack

Updated 3 weeks ago

Dems try to hijack Colorado’s congressional map | Dick Wadhams

Updated 3 weeks ago

Like Trump nationally, incumbent Colorado Dems lose sight of what matters to everyday people | Miller Hudson

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado farmers fight fires one day, stand in line for ashes the next | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

The First Amendment protects the Second | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

It’s not an attack on the Second Amendment, but the First Amendment. I know this is going to sound crazy but, there was a time...

What Gallup polls teach us about presidents | Cronin & Loevy

Updated 3 weeks ago

The Gallup organization, founded by George Gallup, announced Feb. 11 they will no longer conduct their well-known polls that rate whether the Americans approve or...

One small step for dialing back the partisanship | SONDERMANN

Updated 3 weeks ago

Much ink, including a good deal of my own, has been spilled on the excesses of super-charged, toxic partisanship in this current era. Except for...

Will President Trump’s emissions ‘progress’ turn into pollution regression? | Paula Noonan

Updated 4 weeks ago

Will President Donald Trump allow gasoline producers to put lead back in petrol? Will he declare by executive order fuel engines no longer need catalytic...