My recall has me paraphrasing an old adage that I recall went something like, “… that and 10 cents will get you a cup of coffee.” Obviously this adage is much older than even my earliest recollections because a cup of coffee was 25 cents when I was a kid and there were unlimited refills. […]
It can be disheartening to witness the all-too-frequent over-extensions committed by President Barack Obama and his hyperactive executive branch as he casually lopes around constitutional fences en route to his vision for the country. But it’s refreshing to watch the Supreme Court jerk the reins. And jerk the court has, just enough to let the […]
The great joy of publishing a business journal is telling success stories about businesses, in particular the entrepreneurs who find innovative ways to provide better services and products than their competitors. So it was especially enjoyable to tell the story of Hoptocopter Films, the Grand Junction company that has developed a reputation for storytelling in […]
A long-awaited economic roundtable between the governor of Colorado and Western Slope business interests afforded for two hours an amenable home on the range for the more than 50 people gathered there. Seldom was heard a discouraging word. As it turned out, the skies over Glenwood Springs were not cloudy all day. The question now, […]
It starts with P, but doesn’t rhyme. And there’s no reason for it except the twisted thinking of a select group of seeming know-it-alls I picture sitting around a dining room table, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and picking out their next victim. I’ll do the disclaimer once again, sure to be missed by first-time readers […]
To the editor: This past week Sloan’s moans attempt to teach us about the scientific and unscientific. Many of today’s climate change ideologists — whose grants are largely contingent on providing “evidence” to support a particular economic model — corrupts the scientific method, he states. He continues, “Leftist rejection of science doesn’t end with climate […]
To the editor: We need a champion in your county. We are collecting petition signatures to place an initiative on the November 2014 ballot to change how we elect representatives in the Colorado House. Our 65 house districts are currently equal in population. Of the 65 members, all but 12 are from the Front Range. […]
Another fortnight, another foreign policy disaster for President Barack Obama. This week, Iraq is coming apart at the seams, the remnants of the Al Qaeda-backed groups the United States and Britain fought there having regrouped and coalesced in the void left by the accelerated withdrawal of virtually every last allied soldier. Even as the hard-fought gains […]
Just as with the gambling at Rick’s, some readers were shocked at the tone of my last column regarding the state of the Republican primary ballot — although I prefaced my remarks in the first paragraph with the lines, “… here’s a column to show you just how seriously I take most of these folks. […]
The longer he’s president, the fewer the checks and balances to which Barack Obama considers himself constrained. Examples of the administration’s contempt for the strictures of the law forms a growing litany. From the decision to not enforce certain drug laws to the flagrant violations of its own insane health care law, the executive branch […]