In a 5-4 ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court overturned Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s defining decision, the case of Ricci v DeStefano, in which she ruled that it was OK for the city of New Haven, Connecticut to refuse to use the results of tests for promotion of fire fighters after no blacks...

So many people will be writing about the House of Representatives passing the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill on Friday afternoon that I will for now keep my comments relatively brief.

First of all, this may not be a bad thing because it’s a tremendous weapon to use against many Democrats and the 8 Republicans who voted for the bill. (More on that in a minute.)

Although this note may seem similar in content and intent to my note yesterday about Barack Obama’s outrageous news conference, Robert Reich’s Wednesday WSJ plea for government-run health care deserves an...

In a news conference yesterday, Barack Obama demonstrated a remarkable ignorance of and antipathy for free markets and free enterprise when speaking about the possibility of a “public option” as part of “health care reform.”

It’s not easy for Obama to surprise me but the vacuousness of his statements combined with their casual disregard for the power of

Some months ago, I reviewed “Doorknob Five-Two” by Fredric Arnold. It remains, as I said then, a remarkable book by a remarkable man, who happens to be the father of a friend of...

Many people, particularly on the right, are calling for Barack Obama to make a forceful statement in support of the Iranian protesters and against the ruling regime. They complain that his statements so far have been too passive and weak and not offering enough support to the brave people who are truly risking their lives in search of something

For today’s reading, may I offer you my article for Human Events describing the tremendous power of Twitter in encouraging and organizing this nascent second Iranian Revolution.

Please see “Iran’s Twitter Revolution“, Ross Kaminsky, Human Events, 6/18/09

Observers of Colorado Senator Michael Bennet have been wondering aloud how he could in 25 minutes make a decision to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor but still be unable after a few months of opportunity to consider the issue to take a position on “card check”, the Democratic plan to eliminate the requirement for a secret ballot to

For a basketball backwater, Colorado is well-represented in ESPN's look at the emerging world of Washington pickup basketball.

This ESPN article mentions that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is "not an easy cover" (a description that works well on the hardwood and on the beat)...

Witnessed Monday just off the Senate floor:

Sen. Michael Bennet came out of the chamber and was waiting for an elevator. A reporter nearby leans over and asks, "Who is that?" and another reporter whispers, "Oh, that's Michael Bennet, he replaced Ken Salazar."

The Colorado Democrat overheard the conversation and as he gets on the lift, he says, "No one can replace Ken Salazar."

Sen. Michael Bennet didn't make it to Tuesday's press availability as Gov. Bill Ritter and others touted the start of the first transportation project backed by stimulus spending.

Ritter unveiled a sign at the Belleview Avenue project, headlined "Putting America to Work" and touting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

In the press release accompanying the event, a quote from...

Show this to your neighbor who's been stocking up on guns and ammo for fear that the "feds" are going to try to take her guns now that a Democrat is in the White House (or, if you prefer, to your bambi-loving neighbor who fears gun-toting fools will start popping off shots in Rocky Mountain National Park):

Among the 27 Senate Democrats who voted "Yes" on Tuesday for an amendment that would...

Senate Republicans blocked an end-run attempt to confirm David Hayes as Deputy Secretary of Interior in a contentious vote this morning, handing his potential future boss, Ken Salazar, a significant political defeat.

Salazar called the vote "the height of cynicism" and testily defended his attempts "to clean up mess after mess" left behind by Bush appointees who led...

Favorability ratings for President Barack Obama and Sen. Mark Udall in Colorado have fallen beneath 50 percent in a new poll out this morning.

A survey from Raleigh, N.C.-based Public Policy Polling found 49 percent of Colorado voters approved of Obama's...

Who let the dog (secret) out? Who? Who?

As the the long-running search for the First Family's first dog

Who let the dog (secret) out? Who? Who?

As the the long-running search for the First Family's first dog