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Writing in today’s Washington Post, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) cynically disparages the idea of opening up Colorado’s vast oil shale (more…)

As the shock waves from $4 per gallon gasoline impact every segment of U.S. society the decades-old taboo against even discussing (more…)

As if paying $4-plus for gasoline isn’t bad enough, some of Colorado’s political leaders seem bound and determined to spread pain (more…)

(Denver Post, July 6) Where is “Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson when we need him? Two prehistoric inventors stand before the tribal elders, beaming proudly. Og has discovered fire, and Zor has invented the wheel. But the ruling Democrats turn thumbs down. “Begone,” they order. “No good will come of those things.” I exaggerate, of course. The elders would decree taxes and regulation, not a ban. (more…)

Tell me again, is the problem for the polar bears too little ice or too much? It was fears of disappearing habitat, (more…)

Here comes the cavalry at last, I told a press conference at the State Capitol today. Too few powerful voices speak up (more…)

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it’s said, you treat every problem as a nail. The Democrats’ response to the oil price spike (more…)

Editor: Our columnist Bill Moloney is more influential than we dreamed. In this piece, written a week ago for Bob Beauprez’s website, he took McCain to school on offshore drilling (more…)

Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, John D. Rockefeller’s corporate progeny, shrugged off greenie attacks by the Rockefeller heirs (more…)

Hillary Clinton keeps advocating a “gas tax holiday” paid for by “big oil companies” out of their “record profits.” Excuse me, Senator, (more…)