Here’s hoping the good folks who handle his schedule will soon find time for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to attend a proposed economic roundtable in Western Colorado. What initially was scheduled as an April 23 meeting in Grand Junction won’t work, so how about another day? By the time this appears online, perhaps a date […]
“Shark Tank” has become an increasingly popular television show, attracting by one estimate more than 8 million viewers who tune in to watch entrepreneurs pitch their business plans to a group of moguls who then consider whether or not to invest in their operations. At a time when so-called “reality” television usually reflects anything but, […]
Yes, I did it again. I had another Facebook back and forth. I don’t mind them, and I don’t think the people I’m having the back and forth with mind them. But I sure am beginning to think that the folks around the edges, they mind everything. This thread was pretty basic …. at least […]
It’s doubtful it would have mattered much to the pro-lawsuit crowd in control of the Colorado Legislature, but a recent report by a Denver-based attorney who represents employers shows just how exacerbating House Bill 13-1136 will be for small business owners in defending themselves against an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint. House Bill 1136, […]
The world continues to be a busy, complicated, dangerous place. And Russia has just made it busier, more complicated, and considerably more dangerous. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama stands by and looks on with the usual confused ineptitude that’s been the hallmark of his foreign policy since day one. How ineffective has Obama’s foreign affairs approach […]
It’s always tempting to boil down the presentations at the annual Energy Forum & Expo in Grand Junction into two terse statements: energy good, regulation bad. Reality is far more complicated and nuanced, of course. Energy production is good — great, in fact — in meeting the increasing demands of a world that runs on […]
Western Colorado manufacturers produce an amazing diversity of products sold around the world. Some manufacturers, including Reynolds Polymer and Leitner-Poma in Grand Junction, have gained well-deserved recognition for the high-profile projects in which they’re frequently involved. But many other manufacturers are far less well known even though their products are just as impressive and in […]
Having just gotten back through the rigors of travelling from Dallas, I feel compelled to write about how the government and airlines make travelling such a ridiculous mess. After I finally got a cab with a man who must be in line to receive the Dallas Award for Bravery because the roads were icy, we […]
My first exposure to the soul-crushing realities of communism came from Yvonne. Yvonne was the woman who came in to clean the offices at the aircraft hangar in Calgary where my father worked and where as a young lad in the early 1980s I would on occasion accompany him. Yvonne and her husband had fled […]
There’s more trouble coming up the river from River City. This time it rhymes not with P, but rather with G. And that stands for gambling. And this time it’s brought to you by your local Republican Party. It appears Democrats, liberals and progressives aren’t the only purveyors of panacea. After all, when it comes […]