I’m stumped. Everyone else seems to be stumped, too. But it’s my job as a columnist and an analyst of Colorado politics not to be stumped. It’s right there in the columnist job description — along with no (bad) puns and the right to consider deadlines as,... See more
I’m old enough to remember when Ronald Reagan called Medicare socialism and campaigned against it for years, as Nobelist Paul Krugman reminded me. I’m not quite old enough to remember when Republicans said Social Security and much of Franklin Roosevelt’s ... See more
We start with an anecdote, of course. There’s no other way to write about Lynn Bartels. And, besides, if I can’t find a way to laugh about our years together and her unique place in Colorado politics, I’ll never make it to the end. I don’t remember the ex... See more
As I write my Sunday column on Thursday instead of the usual Friday — thanks, Founding Fathers and Mothers for the, uh, July 3rd holiday — I’m sure things will be so much clearer by the time most of you read this. We’ll know what the fireworks looked like... See more
How did Phil Weiser pull off the seismic, world-changing upset of Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary for governor? Weiser didn’t just win. He came from nowhere in the polls to knock off a three-term senator who had never lost a race in Colorado. The... See more
