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If you're not a pothead (I'm not) and if you don't live near a pot mecca like Boulder, Colorado (I do), you might not know that today, 4/20, is something of a national holiday for marijuana devotees. It isn't, as urban legend would have you believe, be… more »

Rick Santorum swept the Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado caucuses last night. Enough ink has been spilled on Rick's "big night", which indeed it was, and I think the political implications are fairly obvious: it will put increasing pressure on Newt Gin… more »

The Leadership Program of the Rockies Annual Retreat, which I'll be attending for the 7th year in a row at the end of February, is always one of the highlights of my year. Overflowing with lovers of liberty, and packed full of some of the most interesti… more »

On the January 29th edition of The Ross Kaminsky Show, we spoke with State Senator Greg Brophy about his plan to introduce a bill to repeal Colorado's criminal libel statue, under which certain publications or even signs can result in a criminal charge… more »

Colorado State Senator Scott Renfroe will be putting forward a bill to ban photo traffic tickets, both for speed and for running red lights, in Colorado. Some may say that I just like to drive fast and run red lights. The former is true, the latter not… more »

(I'm posting this now, which might seem a bit late to some, because part of the below was submitted to the Denver Post as a letter to the editor. Now that it's clear they're not going to run it, I am running an expanded version here.) Liberals tend to… more »

In the only state-wide tax increase on any state's ballot this year, Colorado voters yesterday offered a resounding "No!". Proposition 103 would have raised the state income tax rate from 4.63 percent to 5 percent, and the state sales tax from 2.9 perc… more »

[Update: Looks like I was too conservative! With 61% of the vote in, Proposition 103 is losing by 30 percent. In order to get this sort of result, there must have been a large number of Democrats opposing the measure along with almost all Republicans an… more »

Following up on my note the other day about a University of Colorado employee who hopes that voters won't find out about upcoming bonuses for CU employees because it might hurt the chances of Prop 103 passing, I have more information to offer: The bonu… more »

As I've written on these pages (here and here), I strongly oppose the massive tax increase known as Proposition 103. It's marketed as "for the children" as most Democrat proposals are, but it's really "for the teachers' unions." Colorado's education il… more »