Over the holiday weekend, I broke one of the cardinal rules of keeping the peace at a family dinner, I talked about politics. I know breaking this rule can wreak havoc on a normally very Norman Rockwell family situation. However, I was actually blessed with some very different and very candid looks at the upcoming [...]

I know I usually use this space to pontificate about politics, but the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday has inspired me to briefly opine about something a little bit different.
A question occurred to me on Tuesday night as I watched television ads talking about how some big box stores will be opening at 4:00am, and one certain [...]

As the real debate begins on the Senate Health Care package, the real drama that interests me is the battle between the Marcia and Jan Bradys in the Democratic Party.
In the midst of our government deciding the fate of a program that may change all of our lives, for better or for worse, and cost [...]

Just about a week ago, I wrote about how Tom Tancredo was going to replace Josh Penry in the GOP Gubernatorial primary against Scott McInnis. I wrote about how dangerous a candidate Tancredo was going to be and how McInnis was going to wish Penry was still in the race.
 While I stand by my analysis [...]

By now I am sure you have heard that State Attorney General John Suthers announced an official legal opinion on Tuesday, stating that medical marijuana can be taxed. Many marijuana dispensaries, reacting to the announcement that their product can now be taxed, embraced the decision, hoping it will help legitimize the industry.Â
So why would marijuana [...]

Residents of Denver are no strangers to controversial mega trials.  When Oklahoma City bombers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols needed a place to be tried, Denver stepped up and hosted two of the most controversial and highest secured trials in United States’ history.
Now, with Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to host the trials of suspected [...]

I’ve never been shy about admitting when I am wrong. It happens often enough that I get quite a bit of practice. So what am I wrong about this time?
Well, my last blog entry asserted that the Republican Gubernatorial Primary wasn’t going to happen since Josh Penry had dropped out of the race. Then lo [...]

I noted back when the Senate and Governor primary frenzy began a few months ago that I didn’t think most primary races would find the August 2010 finish line.  As astute as that opinion seems, I didn’t think the Republican Gubernatorial primary would end this early either. I thought they would at least get to [...]

I hope it didn’t cost the American people overtime rates for our lawmakers in the U.S. House to work late on Saturday to pass a Health Care Reform package. I cannot remember the last time lawmakers in either the House or the Senate worked late on a Saturday night, and I have to say I [...]

Even though legalizing pot in Breckenridge and Denver’s Driver’s License law grabbed the big headlines from Tuesday’s election, it was an article about the failed tax and bond increases that caught my eye Thursday.Â
Jessica Fender’s piece in Thursday’s Denver Post talked about how several large money requests failed on Tuesday, including money for libraries, schools [...]