Author: By JOEY BUNCH [email protected]
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INSIGHTS | Polis takes a shot at defeating himself next year
Sometimes I think Jared Polis is one of the smartest people I know. And sometimes I don’t. His ratio of smart to dumb looks a lot better than mine, but no one would elect me governor, despite my highly successful term as an Alabama Kiwanis Club president. The first gentleman, Marlon Reis, not-yet-40 and spry…
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INSIGHTS | Biden’s lean on oil and gas is Colorado’s familiar posture
The pace toward America’s energy future has quickened as of late, and Colorado could offer directions on where this is headed. At stake is a changing climate and clean air against millions, if not billions, of dollars in commerce and taxes churned out by powering our lives. His first day in office, Joe Biden put…
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Colorado and Nevada among the most environmentally worried states, new poll says
Coloradans are the second-most pessimistic in the West about the environment, while a younger generation is losing hope, a Colorado College poll suggested Thursday. More than 2 out of 3 Coloradans said they were worried about the future of the environment, but the number jumped to 70% among those younger than 35. Colorado was out-fretted…
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INSIGHTS | Health care price caps are a problem that can wait
I have the attention span of a 3-year-old on Red Bull. At any given moment, I’ve got five things going. I work on one thing until I lose interest, which takes about 10 minutes, and then jump onto something else, and so it goes all day long. It works out great if I keep everything…
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INSIGHTS | Say hello again as DC Doug Benevento comes home
I’m biased. I’ve always liked Doug Benevento, and he’d have to try a lot harder to change that. President Trump apparently thought a lot of him, too, nominating Doug a year ago to be the second in command, the deputy administrator, of the Environmental Protection Agency. Of all the big-shot politicians, operatives and wonks I’ve…
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INSIGHTS | Is Lauren Boebert a danger to Democrats … or Republicans?
Lauren Boebert fancies herself, tacitly or otherwise, as the AOC of the right. The former bartender from the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isn’t intimidated by the pistol-packing diner owner from Rifle, who is one of the newest members of Congress. A gun tips the balance in a test of wills, however. AOC was on “Cuomo Primetime”…
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INSIGHTS | Polis pushes his luck on the call of the wild
When I was talking to Gov. Jared Polis about his first-term legacy a couple of months ago, I told him I needed to get a picture to go with my story. With hardly a pause, he said he would be at Colorado’s newest state park, Fishers Peak in Las Animas County, in a few days,…
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INSIGHTS | Polis pushes his luck on the call of the wild
When I was talking to Gov. Jared Polis about his first-term legacy a couple of months ago, I told him I needed to get a picture to go with my story. With hardly a pause, he said he would be at Colorado’s newest state park, Fishers Peak in Las Animas County, in a few days,…
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INSIGHTS | If government ran like a rodeo, there’d be a lot less bull
Normally, I’d be talking about getting my boots shined, the $6 corn dog I like, what time the next rodeo starts, who’s riding and how he finished at the National Finals last month. Nothing is normal anymore. Just as the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo moved online this year, the other pile I won’t…
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INSIGHTS | If government ran like a rodeo, there’d be a lot less bull
Normally, I’d be talking about getting my boots shined, the $6 corn dog I like, what time the next rodeo starts, who’s riding and how he finished at the National Finals last month. Nothing is normal anymore. Just as the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo moved online this year, the other pile I won’t…