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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...

TAX TANTRUM: Stuff Perlmutter Was Going to Buy Us With Our Own Money

Democrats are throwing a temper tantrum over our tax cuts, behaving like children who are only going to get $19.50 a week instead of $20 a week for the allowance we give them out of our hard-earned paychecks. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter pulled the classic hissy fit,...

MERRY CHRISTMAS: How Liberals Danced Around Their Greetings

So many liberals dismiss the idea of Christmas and religion, which makes it awkward for their Democratic politicians who never know exactly what to say this time of year. There’s U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who went straight to the heart of the matter, politics: Happy...

REALITY CHECK: Sonnenberg Is Californian of the Year? Not Polis?

Usually, we're on the same page as the Independence Institute - they want more freedom for Coloradans, we want to be left alone.  We even chuckled at the Californian of the Year contest the think tank sponsored, but when one of the nominees was Republican state Sen....

MOUNTAIN BIKE SPIN: Democrats Don’t Want them in the Backcountry

Before leaving town for the Christmas break, a House committee passed a bill that would ease tough wilderness area restrictions to give mountain bikes, wheelchairs, strollers and game carts access to a few backcountry trails. The Republican bill was sponsored by U.S....