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How convenient, now that Bill Ritter is no longer running for governor and John Hickenlooper is hoping to succeed him, Hick suddenly discovers (more…)

Kid-glove treatment by the Denver Post on Gov. Bill Ritter’s decision not to run again, makes me miss the Rocky Mountain News (more…)

(Denver Post, Dec. 6) All that is covered shall be revealed, promises the Good Book. It’s the perfect motto for America’s open society. Secrets are fools’ gold. Leaks will out. Thanks to a leaker at East Anglia University, we now know climate change isn’t cooking the planet after all. Climate alarmists are cooking the data. Meanwhile in Colorado, leakers are heating up the governor’s race. A week after the election, someone scooped Josh Penry’s plan to end his candidacy against Gov. Bill Ritter. A week later, someone else scooped Scott McInnis’s plan to unify Republicans around an issue contract. I’ve got this week’s leak. (more…)

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

It’s amusing to be a Republican spectator at the feverish Democratic huddle that is Bill Ritter’s email list. Day after day, some revved-up (more…)

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

John’s Denver Post column 7/19
(Salida – Nov. 15, 2010) What a year it’s been. Who knew my fellow Republicans would be so unforgiving? Here I am, exiled from Denver’s red suburbs and hiding out in Ed Quillen’s attic, merely for having endorsed Gov. Bill Ritter in the recent election. Where’s the sin in that? It was an unusual move for unusual times. Since the fall of the economy and the rise of Obama, ours have been unusual indeed. Ritter “grew in office,” as they say, but he grew rightward and became that rarity, an irresistible Democrat. (more…)

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

Monday headlines in newspapers across the nation proclaimed, “Conservatives score big wins in European Union parliament voting (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…)

Tax, spend, borrow and regulate are the four horsemen of American socialism under Obama and Ritter. Intrusive government now tramples our liberties with a brazenness that would amaze those old Boston patriots who dumped the tea in ’73. Tea Party protests will happen in many cities on Tax Day, Wed. April 15. I’ll be taking part and so should you. Here’s the information you need. (more…)

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

Beginning July 1, Colorado drivers will pay higher taxes–we’re told to call them “fees”–on every vehicle every year when we renew (more…)

Seems I hit a nerve with my post about Gov. Ritter’s collision with international law if Gitmo prisoners are moved to Colorado (more…)