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FAREWELL FOR NOW: Jody Strogoff to Step Down as Colorado Statesman Publisher
The Colorado Statesman has been a staple of Colorado political reporting far before The Peak was a glimmer in anyone's eye, and Jody Strogoff a constant presence in Colorado politics. On Friday, Strogoff announced that she would hand over the publishing reins after...
LIBERALS EAT THEIR OWN: Activists Say Kids Wasted Time With Divestment Effort
Global Divestment Day was such a colossal flop in Colorado and across the nation that even climate change champions are trying to separate themselves from the latest campus cause célèbre. The stated goal is for students to force colleges and universities to sell off...
CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY: Marble Takes Aim at Concealed Carry Permits
On a Thursday voice vote in the Colorado State Senate, Sen. Vicki Marble's Constitutional Carry bill passed, and will head to the House, where Democrats are expected to pop a round in this bill (that's for you, Rep. Salazar) on a party line vote. Constitutional...
DUI BILL STALLS: When Bleeding Hearts Freeze
It’s ironic how some Democrats instantly become fiscal conservatives when they don’t want to do something, like punish repeat offenders who insist on getting behind the wheel of a car, drunk, and kill or maim people. It’s not the drunk’s fault, Democrats whine. They...
DESPERATION: Jeffco Teachers Union Tries to Resuscitate AP US History Non-Issue, Fails
After trying (and failing) to give the pro-reform Jeffco School Board majority heartburn over the past few months, the union is desperate to reignite controversy over A.P. U.S. History. But, it turns out this was just another misstep by JCEA. In case you forgot this...
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE: Washington Post Nails VA Chief as Fibber
We weren’t the only ones who noticed that VA Chief Robert McDonald appeared to be wildly inflating his facts as to how many employees have been fired for the scandal that rocked his agency last summer. McDonald made his first Meet the Press appearance Sunday, but was...
FRACTIVISTS REST IN PIECES: Denver Campaign is Dead on Arrival
Floyd Ciruli’s take on the latest anti-fracking campaign targeting Denver is the closest thing to an obituary we’ve seen since Mark Udall’s Senate campaign. Those out-of-state agitators plus a few Boulderites have zero clout and no one with any sense is backing their...
OBAMA’S NEW MONUMENT: We’re Not Exactly Thrilled
Not everyone is thrilled over President Obama’s latest wave of the Antiquities Act wand to national monumentize Browns Canyon. The scenic river, surrounding property and rock spires in Chaffee County that are a mix of federal and state lands, will become...
PRIMARY RUMORS: DeGette Pisses Off Pro-Israel Crowd, Primary Challenge to Follow?
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has been in Congress for 18 years, and Denver democrats have stood by patiently waiting for her to retire (or die) and finally give someone else a turn to represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. DeGette is appropriately liberal for...
A FIGHT ON OUR HANDS? Major Unit from Colorado Just a Short Tank Ride from ISIS
The nation has watched agape at the atrocities committed by ISIS, an Islamic terrorist group, in Iraq - at least 45 people burned to death, 21 Coptic Christians beheaded, several international journalists beheaded, mass kidnappings, organ harvesting (wait what??),...
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