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Long before Donald Trump descended his New York escalator in 2015 to throw his hat in the presidential ring, a Coloradan of prominence did much to lay the groundwork and pave the way. For recent arrivals to our state, the name Tom Tancredo might not mean much or even be recognizable. However, for those of…

Last month, the Colorado General Assembly and Governor Jared Polis took an important step towards tackling the climate crisis and building a next-generation energy system by passing House Bill 25-1292. The Transmission Lines in Highway Rights-of-Way Act will make it easier to co-locate high voltage transmission along state highways. We expect this new law to…

Although ostensibly an election to determine the structure of county government, Douglas County has engaged in a debate that will have consequences in future elections not only in the county but statewide. Douglas County voters will be voting on June 24 whether to create a commission to write a charter that would institute “home rule”…

Wolves were not on the agenda of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting last week. There was nothing to discuss. Except there were some sharp comments from Commissioner Tai Jacober criticized the decision to release the Copper Creek pack into Pitkin County. Jacober, a rancher from Carbondale, said the agency went against the management…

Colorado faces a critical moment as we work to address both climate change and fundamental affordability issues. A recent report released by Common Sense Institute of Colorado provides interesting insights by quantifying the economic impact of the state’s environmental policies. This important research illuminates how our state’s climate policies affect Colorado’s economy and the real-world…

To many Americans, the Trump administration’s announcement that undocumented immigrants will be sent to Rwanda and possibly South Sudan was another “blip” in the quotidian news barrage. Not for me. I’ve followed Rwanda’s development since the 1994 genocide, and South Sudan since its independence from the Arab North in 2011. Sending folks rounded up every…

I got to know Jeff Hunt in his many years running the socially conservative Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University. He now co-hosts the morning talk radio show on 710 KNUS. He is a social conservative Christian; I’m a libertarian conservative. In other words, he’s wrong about a lot of stuff, but you know, in…

We live with the illusion that justice rises or falls with the outcome of an election. In reality, justice dies when we allow a culture of boot licking to thrive. Nowhere is the corrosiveness of such a culture of enforced fealty and silence more embedded than in the Colorado judiciary. Even with a published opinion…

When you’re a beleaguered school district like Denver Public Schools, you’ll take any “win” you can get — even if it’s not really a win. Most infamously, DPS keeps celebrating an “historic” 79% graduation rate — never mind how SAT and PSAT scores indicate students are woefully unprepared for college or career. Now, as the…

Mayor Mike Johnston and the Denver City Council are campaigning for a proposed new debt request on the ballot this coming Nov. 4. They call this proposed debt, the “Vibrant Denver bonds.” One key selling point for city officials has been to talk about new parks, or as Mayor Johnston said, “projects in your neighborhood…