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In the statewide race to tilt CU’s board of regents rightward, not only by replacing a D with an R but also by making sure the R is a fighting conservative, (more…)

I am a supporter of Ken Buck in the U.S. Senate race. My vote for him did not come automatically or without careful study and consideration. (more…)

Though the Tea Party movement is not a cohesive entity, its component parts this year have been grappling with a central existential question: To be, or not be, a third party?  (more…)

Memorial Day weekend in Colorado Springs should include a stroll down Colorado Blvd in Old Colorado City, (more…)

Barack Obama and Ron Paul had something very much in common during the ’08 campaign. (more…)

George Will was the keynote speaker Thursday evening at the CPAC Convention. Mr. Will is a “Washington Insider” and conservatives (more…)

Editor: Joshua Sharf, who blogs for us as well as on his own at View from a Height, and who has long helped me on radio, made it official (more…)

With Gov. Bill Ritter already positioning for a 2010 reelection bid, and Republican challengers lining up, here’s a handy clipping service (more…)

Republican National Committeeman Mark Hillman will not seek any elected office next year, he announced in a mass email to friends (more…)

Everyone knows that Barack Obama went to Columbia and Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. And though he may lack real-world experience — so-called “life experience” — he certainly got a good education. (more…)

Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, targeted five years ago by the Tim Gill machine for the crime of defending traditional marriage (more…)

Californians joined Arizonians and Floridians last week in approving a constitutional amendment affirming that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized.” (more…)

I noted yesterday in a post on my blog entitled “The Morning After” that I believe Obama’s victory on Tuesday was as much a product of the public’s “Bush fatigue” (more…)

Barack Obama has pulled off one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of Presidential elections. (more…)

While the Colorado losses by Schaffer and McCain are disappointing, we fared better on a number of statewide ballot issues. (more…)