Author: By Jon Caldara

Colorado clings to an old “monopoly” model for power utilities. Texas, for instance, empowers consumers to choose any power company they like. If you want to pay a lot for energy solely generated by bunny flatulence, go for it. But here we have had a “grand bargain” on power — the state would grant monopolies…

Invincible people don’t get sick. So, when they do it shakes us to the core. A couple of true Colorado invincibles turn out to be human after all. And I hate it. Whether you agree with long-time talk show host Peter Boyles or uncontrollable politico Tom Tancredo, you must admit both are fearless champions for…

People are policy. Making appointments to the myriad of regulatory positions is Gov. Jared Polis’s greatest policy power. And, how to put this politely — he appoints extremists and looneys. And strangely they’re passing extreme and looney policies. Go figure. He appointed an animal-rights vegan activist to his veterinary board, a position very important to…

The term is “too cute by half.” And I can think of no better term to describe Jared Polis — and folks are catching on. By all reasonable measures Jared should be easily reelected. He’s very popular. The media love him. And, most importantly, he’s got as much money as it takes to buy it.…

This has been a trying week for folks in my neighborhood. My home was one street away from the mandatory evacuation zone during the fires in Boulder County. Homes just down the road from me were ablaze. I was very lucky. Some of my friends weren’t. One young couple I know were so excited to…

If you live in the Boulder-Denver corridor, you’ve heard it called the urban-rural divide. If you live in rural Colorado, you know it merely as The War on Rural Colorado. As the metro areas become more populated and more progressive, they dominate state politics. The disconnect with those living in the rural areas is becoming…

The Boulder Valley School District’s stated mission says, “… so that all children thrive and are prepared for successful, civically engaged lives.” They should clarify that “all” doesn’t include disabled students. Time for an update on my son Chance. If you recall my 17-year-old son has Down syndrome, can’t read or write or even count…

I write this as a prediction. So, please clip it and put it into a desk drawer, and by the end of this decade see if it comes true. It is clear to me that in this world of canceled culture, one great American must be canceled — Martin Luther King Jr. I remember when…

My very favorite social media meme is a picture of a car’s manual-transmission gear shift. It reads, “millennial anti-theft device.” Wouldn’t it be weird if people who’ve never driven a stick-shift tried to outlaw them? Well, that’s the anti-gun movement. One of my favorite moments of gun-hating ignorance was when Denver’s Congresswoman, Diana DeGette, wrote…

I really hate to opine on anything touching the abortion issue because, no matter what I say, folks of all political stripes get triggered and nasty. Rarely does anyone want to challenge their own hard-core, intractable positions. So, it is with great reluctance I weigh in on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Mississippi’s limit…