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Four years ago, Colorado voters decided to trust Democrats with complete control of state government – the governor’s (more…)

After imposing more than $1 billion a year in tax and fee increases – without once seeking voter approval – liberal Democrats in the Colorado legislature (more…)

Walk into a typical third grade classroom, and most students can explain what means to “freeze” something. They can explain (more…)

In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would (more…)

Talk about personal responsibility is cheap. Legislating personal responsibility isn’t. Take the movement to require everyone to purchase (more…)

Say what you will about Bill Clinton’s foreign policy shortcomings, but for the most part he had the good sense not to squander (more…)

Our ongoing debate about government’s role in health care is proving worthwhile because it forces people to focus on the real tradeoffs (more…)

Impending mortality tends to focus the mind, and looming elections tend to focus politicians’ ears on vox populi. But just as theologians (more…)

Listening to President Obama explain “his” health care plan, I can’t help but wonder if he actually believes his own words. Maybe it’s been so long (more…)

Maybe when climate-change regulators strangle the economy and carbon-counters turn gas, oil and electricity into expensive luxuries, farmers (more…)

Grappling with declining state revenues makes for some very unpleasant budget choices, as Gov. Bill Ritter and the Democrat majorities (more…)

America’s health care system certainly has its share of problems, of which most emanate from politicians’ tinkering. They keep tempting (more…)

President Obama claims to “have no interest” in running General Motors. He does so with a straight face – and the same monotonous (more…)

If legislative Democrats in 2007 were devious for passing Gov. Ritter’s infamous property tax hike without voter approval, the 2009 crop (more…)

Editor: The capitol gang’s thieving intent toward Pinnacol shouldn’t be forgotten, even though on April 15 (fittingly) they called off the heist. Mark Hillman draws exactly the right lesson. (more…)