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#NEVERFORGET: The 14th Anniversary of 9/11
Today is the 14th anniversary of 9/11 and the horror and pain felt by the nation is just as sharp today as it was the first year. In part, it's because we have the phone calls and text messages, tangible evidence of the goodbyes, but also because it was a senseless...
JUST SAY NO TO GITMO: Florence Listed as Possible Detainee Prison
The Obama administration is surveying sites to determine which would best house terrorists currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, and according to the publication Defense One, the penitentiary in Florence is on that list. Another site in earlier studies was the...
POLITICAL COVER: Bennet Family Holocaust Past Meant to Mitigate Jewish Disgust at Iran Deal?
An Associated Press report yesterday noted that embattled U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was one of two Senators supporting the Iran deal whose family members were victims of the Holocaust. It's almost as if we are expected to excuse Bennet his bad policy decision that...
POLIS: Expel College Students Accused of Rape, No Evidence Needed
College campus authorities don’t need no stinking evidence when someone has been accused of sexual assault, just expel them to be safe. So goes the reasoning of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who said during a congressional hearing today that “expelling students based solely...
MEET THE HATERS: City Park Friends and Neighbors Says No to Animals and People
Bruce Finley’s Denver Post portrayal of the Denver Zoo’s alternative energy plan as a catastrophic pollution event rivaling Three Mile Island has some residents of Curtis Park crying foul. An alert reader sent us a post from the neighborhood’s Facebook page urging us...
UNREASONABLE MUCH? Hick Expects Absolute Obedience
John Hickenlooper seems to have forgotten that he’s just the governor of Colorado and not it’s Supreme Leader. In a recent interview with Colorado Public Radio, Hick expressed deep frustration with Attorney General Cynthia Coffman for having joined a lawsuit against...
DENVER POST: Republicans Are Mean, EPA Not to Blame for Animas Spill
Judging by the Denver Post’s summary of yesterday's hearing on the EPA’s Animas River spill, we must have been watching a different event. Their article described it as “more of a food fight than a debate, featuring Republicans generally blasting the agency and...
WE ARE SO EMBARRASSED: Perlmutter Was the “Ass” in Animas Hearing
Congress began hearings today on the EPA river spill and first up was the Science panel on which only one member of the Colorado delegation sits – the maddeningly and embarrassingly ineffectual Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter. For all the good he did, Perlmutter should...
NATIONAL STAGE: Jeffco School Board Recall Effort Panned Nationally
Once again, local Colorado politics are capturing national attention as the Jeffco School Board recall election heats up. This time, National Review offered a concise synopsis of the effort because the result of the election could have national implications. Whether...
IN (MAYBE): Robert Blaha Joins Senate Race Following Bennet’s Iran Stance, Neville Considering Run
As several national outlets debated whether District Attorney George Brauchler will jump in the 2016 U.S. Senate race, two more Republicans dipped their toes in the water over the past week. The first, Robert Blaha, confirmed yesterday with the Denver Post that he...