The Writer
Skip to contentThrough his school, my son is getting his first taste of activism. I made the inane comment that he should try to understand the other guy’s position, as well as his own. He reads my columns, knows my politics and … Continue reading
Last Thursday, I attended our first-grader’s holiday program at school. Up on stage, a little girl in sagging white tights paid tribute to Kwanzaa, the weeklong celebration of African heritage. Instinctively, I wondered if anyone in the audience would feel … Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, arrived Oct. 1 with the opening of the official website, Connect for Health Colorado, www.connectforhealthco.com, the new one-stop health insurance marketplace for Colorado individuals, families and small employers. And as you know, … Continue reading
Colorado Senate President John Morse is under fire by gun-rights advocates, and the shots are echoing from Boston to L.A. The battle tactic is recall. Morse supported gun-control legislation that included stricter background checks to include private and online gun … Continue reading
“Nowhere is [the gun control] debate more emotionally charged or politically consequential than in Colorado,” recently wrote none other than the New York Times. Our state’s experience at Columbine High School and an Aurora movie theater agitates our state Legislature … Continue reading
Do people in your extended family ever talk about the quality of the deaths of the dear departed? The conversation might go something like, “Aunt Gwen had that dreadful stroke, couldn’t walk or talk, and hung on for — what … Continue reading
So Colorado is a swing state. “Yippee,” I say sarcastically. That means we’ll be on the front lines of the harangue for the next four weeks as the Obama and Romney camps try to reach Colorado’s undecided voters. Excuse me, … Continue reading
Andy Rooney died this past weekend. I’ll miss the observations and witticisms from America’s Grump Laureate, sitting behind his cluttered desk at CBS complaining about everything from bottled water to lousy Christmas presents. In tribute to Rooney, I’d like to … Continue reading
The hippies are coming, the hippies are coming … to Colorado. Or maybe I should use another word. Activists? Malcontents? Or as Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said last week, “mob”? The Occupy Wall Street movement caught my attention … Continue reading
When I saw Cory Gardner’s attack ad on TV, I decided that my last column before Election Day would cover either the depraved state of Colorado campaigning or anything other than Colorado politics. But then I passed a towering billboard … Continue reading
