HICK’S USELESSNESS: Pledges to be More Helpful, Out of Office

When we read numerous headlines that Gov. Hickenlooper had pledged to keep Washington from meddling in Colorado’s affairs and that he would block the efforts of those “half-cocked” Beltway bureaucrats who even tried, we were almost over-joyed. Until we actually read...

WINNERS: Our Most Popular Stories from the Past Year Around the Sun

To say that 2017 was a crazy year for news would be an understatement. Between the faux scandals Democrats cooked up to try to discredit President Trump to the actual scandals of the Democratic Party, the 2017 news cycle was unpredictable and frenetic. We doubt it...

MISS INDEPENDENT: State Senator Cheri Jahn Unshackles from Democrats

In a less-shocking-than-you-might-expect move, state Sen. Cheri Jahn freed herself from the drudgery of being a Democratic legislator and announced she planned to leave the party and register as an unaffiliated legislator. Jahn has never been one to carry water for...

HIDDEN AGENDA? The Post Suspects Treachery Behind Good Ideas

A Denver Post editorial evokes the Gold King “epic blunder” (of the Obama administration, least we forget) to criticize the agency’s present efforts to make Superfund actually work. It doesn’t appear to be the actual recommendations to fix Superfund that the Post has...