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(Press Release, Dec. 18) According to Legislative Council, which presented its fourth quarter revenue forecast to the Joint Budget (more…)

In our easy-money world of low-interest loans, many draw the conclusion that we should be able to borrow money just because we want it. (more…)

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

Much conservative angst has been expressed of late about a proliferation of federal positions designated as “czars.” These officials (more…)

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

You have to love the politicians in Sacramento — maybe not as embarrassing as those in Congress but pretty darn close! (more…)

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

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

Typically in the wake of disasters there is a mess to clean up. California’s interminable budget crisis qualifies as an ongoing disaster. (more…)

Editor: Randy Pye, the only mayor the young city of Centennial has ever had, can’t run again. Two hopefuls are already in the field to succeed (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…)

Many folks in Denver are mad and appear not ready to accept our government as it currently stands. More than 5000 people made it a point (more…)

“In political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.” Alexander Hamilton quoted this old maxim in the Federalist Papers (more…)

Seventeen years ago, Colorado voters frustrated by the excesses of an unresponsive government passed the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (more…)

One of the hallmarks of revolution — particularly of the socialist variety — is retribution. My previous posts about the Obama brand (more…)