November 16, 2024

What It Really Looks Like to Run for Office

They say all politics is local. I say local politics is a lot of work. Also, it is affected by lying national politicos with lots of money, which is not fair, as well as local volunteers who help or won’t help. I learned all this and more wh...

September 7, 2024

The next 60 days

Democrat politicians and their partners in the legacy media are trying to turn this country into their utopia, our nightmare. Seems they really believe in that utopia and think it will be a good thing. In reality, the USA will become a socialist/c...

September 4, 2024

Coming Soon to a Town Near You: The Aurora Illegals Invasion

Last week, armed Tren de Aragua (TDa) gang members, illegal immigrants from Venezuela, pounded on apartment doors in Aurora, Colorado, and bullied residents. This problem may spread to communities across our nation because Democrat politicians hav...

August 1, 2024

Toilet lessons from Colorado

Since Colorado turned blue, Democrats have done significant damage in the Legislature and have created some disastrous consequences.  Here is one outrageous example.  It is a cautionary tale for voters in other states. During t...

June 7, 2024

How you can resist the globalists’ Great Reset

The next few months, culminating in the presidential election on November 5, is a time for We the People in the USA to reset the Great Reset of the globalist elites, which is their plan to rule the world and subjugate us. How do we stop tyranny in...

April 9, 2024

People rising up to rescue America

On the evening of April 6, 2024, an event for President Trump in Florida raised about $50 million.  Earlier the same day, Republicans in Colorado held their State Assembly in Pueblo, Colorado. Both events — one ritzy and glitzy, th...

March 12, 2024

Have we found a use of AI that is not totally evil?

Recently, we have been hearing about how artificial intelligence (A.I.) may be dangerous.  One year ago, Forbes reported that Elon Musk and hundreds of technologists, entrepreneurs, and researches called on A.I. labs to pause work on “powe...

February 23, 2024

White Privilege: The Story of One Boy

Here is a narrative about one little boy, based on a true story. I’m sharing it as an example of the life of a white person who was not privileged. Giles lived in England in 1617.  He was nine years old. His mother Mary and sister ...

February 5, 2024

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, the illegals' friend

Mayor Mike Johnston (D) of Denver has revealed the thinking of Democrats and leftists on immigration The picture is as disorienting as a Salvador Dali painting.   Mayor Johnston realizes only one aspect of immigration policy. He seems...

January 9, 2024

Kick Democrats out for lawlessness, and not protecting Americans

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Donald Trump on the Colorado Supreme Court decision to remove him from the primary ballot for 2024. The Court will hear arguments on February 8, 2024. (Maine’s Secretary of State removed ...

January 3, 2024

Colorado cautionary tale

Colorado is a microcosm of Democrat governance. It is a cautionary tale for every state in the USA and for voters who will choose between candidates for federal office this year.   Life changed in Colorado about a decade ago when a few privil...

December 20, 2023

Colorado Supreme Court is the Grinch to Trump’s Christmas

Right in the middle of the holiday season, the Colorado Supreme Court rendered a ruling that is as embarrassing to the state as Santa getting stuck in a chimney.  It threatens our good cheer, but we will use it as an opportunity. Accordi...

November 29, 2023

Democrats’ dirty dancing in Colorado

Gov. Jared Polis did some tap-dancing at a recent bill signing to cover the mess Democrats have made in Colorado to send property valuations soaring and property taxes rising.  He had to call a special session to address property taxes earl...

November 16, 2023

A win for Republicans in Colorado, now endangered

Hooray!  At last, there was a win for conservatives in Colorado. As a Republican in the state, I was thrilled when 60 percent of Colorado voters said no to Proposition HH on November 6, 2023.  Like many conservatives, I worked ...

November 1, 2023

A look at the Trump trial in Colorado

A trial for a lawsuit brought by the Colorado Central Republican Committee against Donald Trump in Colorado started Monday, October 30, 2023.  It is continuing through the week. How fitting that this case goes to trial during Halloween w...

October 18, 2023

The Chosen is worthwhile viewing

While we are surrounded by bad news, there is something brilliant to watch on TV that may lift your spirits, and it’s free: The Chosen. This series is about a Jewish Rabbi and the followers he chose in Galilee during the First century, plus ...

June 14, 2023

A rousing two days for conservatives out west

The 2023 Western Conservative Summit (WCS) happened quietly in Denver last weekend, June 9–10, 2023.  The WCS brought in notable right-of-center individuals for the edification of conservatives.  Let me tell you a little mor...

June 6, 2023

Colorado Democrats Play Tax Games

Ever since the state turned Blue, Democrat politicians have been trying to get at the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), which is in the Colorado Constitution. They are at it again.  This time, Democrat legislators and Governor Jared Polis seem...

April 28, 2023

Democrats choose doublespeak to confuse voters

In a video announcement that he is running for reelection President Biden is portrayed as a champion of freedom.  In reality, no president has done more to impinge on the freedoms of Americans. First, Biden says he is standing up for fundamen...

April 22, 2023

Tips for conservatives on how to talk about abortion

As part of the first generation after Roe v. Wade, I had an abortion. The day the Supreme Court sent the issue back to the states was a day of celebration for me.  (Didn't help us in ultra-permissive Colorado, though. Our Legislature...

April 16, 2023

Colorado governor gives the green light to genital mutilation

Governor Jared Polis (D) — who seems to be eyeing a run for president in 2024 — signed three bills on Friday, April 14, 2023, with much fanfare and doublespeak.  The bills make Colorado, a state that is already one of the most p...

March 13, 2023

Once more into the fray, Colorado Republicans

After months of political silence in Colorado following the 2022 disappointment of no red wave, Republicans gathered in Loveland for the organizational meeting of the Colorado Republican Party on March 11, 2023. I attended in solidarity with ...

February 11, 2023

How's Colorado doing after having re-elected a Democrat governor?

Governor Polis (D) of Colorado is rumored to be interested in running for president.  One wonders if that's why he appeared before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Congress on February 8, 2023, to testify on education. ...

January 21, 2023

A celebration and a new initiative in Colorado

The New Year brought to Colorado a celebration of an effective tax policy and a new take on an old idea to empower citizens more, both from the famous -- or infamous -- tax cutter who created the tax policy.  One could characterize Douglas Bruce...

December 25, 2022

House Republicans report on Jan. 6

House Republicans have released their own report on the infamous Capitol riot: “Report of Investigation: Security Failures at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.” Thank you to the five congressmen – Jim Banks, Rodney Da...

November 11, 2022

Colorado, as we knew you, goodbye

The 2022 midterm election results for Colorado say that the state as it was is no more.  Colorado went even bluer this election, and it will not be coming back. "The idea that somehow Colorado is still purplish or has a red streak t...

November 4, 2022

Colorado needs protection and healing; voters can bring it

A saying has always graced the banner of one of Denver's daily newspapers. "'Tis a privilege to live in Colorado."  Voters in the state must stand and defend their quality of life now. Coloradoans back in the day voted ...

November 1, 2022

Cancel culture survivor on the ticket in Colorado

In Colorado, candidates for governor select lieutenant governors to run with them.  Republican Heidi Ganahl selected a cancel culture survivor to run with her.  How apropos for the times. In April 2021, Danny Moore was removed ...

October 28, 2022

Maybe it's time to call off one-party rule in Colorado

Colorado has been under one-party rule by the Democrats for two or three elections now.  It's a mess.  One of the people who helped create the mess, state senator Brittany Pettersen, is now running for Congress against Republi...

October 27, 2022

Will a mad mom or a happy dad be governor in Colorado?

During their final debate, this one held for western Colorado in Grand Junction on October 25, 2022, regent at University of Colorado Heidi Ganahl and Governor Jared Polis self-identified. According to Colorado Public Radio (CPR), which sponsored ...

October 24, 2022

Can Republican candidates win despite Colorado’s media?

This year, it’s been an uphill battle for Republican candidates to be heard in Colorado; the mainstream media have not been covering them day to day.  A couple of media outlets have put on debates.  However, the moderators of the d...

October 20, 2022

Can Heidi Ganahl fix Colorado?

Can Heidi Ganahl, who is currently regent at the University of Colorado, make a positive difference for the Centennial State if the voters choose her for governor in November?  Let's take a look. Ganahl is not as experienced a politi...

October 15, 2022

Colorado's Senate race

Can Joe O'Dea pull off a win in Colorado for the Senate in November?  It's going to be tough, but the Colorado construction firm CEO is optimistic. O'Dea is running against D.C. insider and incumbent Senator Mi...

October 15, 2022

Colorado House candidate offers answers on energy

Does Erik Aadland, running for Congress in the state's CD7 against Democrat Brittany Peterson, have the answers to the energy problems for Colorado and for the USA? Aadland has some serious energy credentials.  Aadland...

October 12, 2022

The secretary of state candidates in Colorado debated last night, and voters lost

A pair of debates took place Tuesday night between the Democrat and Republican candidates for treasurer and secretary of state in Colorado.  It was held at the University of Denver. The territory definitely belonged to the liberals....

October 7, 2022

The cake-maker with a conscience goes back to court

Jack Phillips is still fighting in Colorado.  He is appealing a ruling by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission that he violated the state's discrimination law because he would not bake a cake celebrating a transgender person's trans...

October 5, 2022

Horrific crime stats emerge from Colorado

The Common Sense Institute (CSI), a think-tank local to Colorado, reported at the beginning of October 2022 that the state's cities have some of the highest crime rates in the nation. "Crime in Colorado in 2022: The Data on Colorado's...

September 30, 2022

Governor Polis and the State of Education in Colorado

A debate took place September 28, 2022, in Pueblo, Colorado, between Governor Jared Polis and his challenger in the upcoming election, University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl. Right away Polis accused Ganahl of selecting a lieutenant governor c...

September 28, 2022

Is the Great Reset finally starting to crumble?

The reset of the globalists' Great Reset has begun in Europe.  Yay!  Americans may join Europeans in November and make the snowball bigger. It seems that the grassroots have started a populist reset for sure, because mainst...

September 27, 2022

Colorado's governor sure likes to pretend he's a libertarian

Heard it on the radio.  Denver's Independence Institute (I.I.) is planning a party for Colorado's Governor Jared Polis.  It will be the "Not-So-Libertarian Block Party, honoring Gov. Jared Polis." A tongue-in-ch...

September 24, 2022

Joe Biden's mistakes are no laughing matter

A great president, and good leaders under him, would think about the possible consequences of their words and policies before they speak and act.  Unfortunately, Biden is nothing like a great president, and the Democrats in Congress are not...

September 22, 2022

Another hysterical leftist has a fit about 'Christian nationalism'

A new meme has emerged from leftists concerning conservatives: if conservatives are Christian, and especially if they support Trump, they are automatically Christian nationalists.  This false narrative amounts to persecution of evangelical ...

September 19, 2022

How Biden Harms American Families

Biden’s rhetoric is driving families apart across our nation as his policies devastate families.  Part of Biden’s schtick as a politician is that he is a “concerned grandfather” for the nation.  This is just a sho...

September 9, 2022

Respects to Queen Elizabeth II

My ancestors left the United Kingdom for North America during the Great European migration of the 1600s and 1700s, and I am a passionate American.  However, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II from this world and the closing of the "Seco...

September 2, 2022

A million, bazillion reasons to vote for Republicans in November

Let's talk about three reasons to vote Republican in November 2022: lies, prevarications, and falsehoods — from the Democrats.  The Democrats and their partners in the mainstream media have lied to Americans in every way it is possi...

August 25, 2022

The deep, dark history of gender madness in schools

Like a huge iceberg submerged in the ocean of public education, most of the agenda concerning gender across the USA is underwater and hidden.  Its origins are dark. One corner of the iceberg popped out of the water when a teacher in Jeff...

August 19, 2022

Colorado's secretary of state, running for re-election, takes to the air with spots paid for by taxpayers

The actions of Colorado's Democrat secretary of state (SOS), Jena Griswold, could amount to electioneering in support of her re-election bid, even though she's trying to portray herself as a force for good. The SOS has also been involved f...

August 13, 2022

New heights in audacity from Colorado's Democrats

At a time when the country is demanding an honest accounting for a political dirty trick by the Democrats on the federal level, on the state level, a Democrat governor may have been electioneering with taxpayer dollars, according to Colorado Republic...

April 21, 2022

One Columbine Story

Twenty-three years ago this week, I was set to take my teenage daughter to an appointment when my editor at the Columbine Community Courier, Casey Ehmsen, called, “There’s been a shooting at Columbine High School. Can you go?” I ...

April 13, 2022

Two Constitutions is One Too Many

The U.S. Senate confirmed nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on April 7, 2022.  When Justice Stephen Breyer finally retires, she will be the 116th justice on the Supreme Court.  Republicans took the high road and did not attack Judge Jac...

February 27, 2022

What CPAC thinks of the mainstream media

How have mainstream media (MSM) harmed our society? I intended to focus on the question at CPAC 2022 in Florida and started addressing it to people there.  No one seemed interested in answering.  Some looked at me as if they wa...

November 20, 2021

Conservative stars inspire at the American Freedom Tour

Judge Jeanine Pirro stood on stage at the American Freedom Tour in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, November 19th.  She was speaking about the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse when someone in the audience called out, "A verdict is in." Eve...

August 26, 2021

Women and girls hardest hit in Afghanistan

For Afghan girls and women who must remain in Afghanistan, it doesn't matter what the USA does now.  What the USA did is the issue.   Many voices are sounding off on this reality, but their words do not matter much to every...

August 20, 2021

Bad governance creates disasters

The USA is suffering under bad governance.  It means tragedy for innocents abroad, humiliation, sorrow, and a lower standard of living for Americans at home. As we watch Afghanistan fall to the Taliban, we see the latest example of what ...

August 15, 2021

America’s countryside and cities have been burning

The summer of 2020 featured more than a pandemic. Fires burned in wildlands and in our cities, with consequences that persist in 2021. However, just as nature recovers from flames, perhaps America is beginning to do so as well. About a year ago, f...

July 29, 2021

Questions that Won't be Asked by the January 6 Commission

The January 6 commission held a dramatic first hearing with lots of crocodile tears and a few real ones.  As usual, the Democrats, and the two Democrat-friendly Republicans, seemed to agree on an emotional approach to the topic at hand to gain a...

July 19, 2021

Parents Canceled by Their Own Children

It happened that, as I was thinking about writing about my husband and me being canceled by our own children six months ago — we have been agonizing about not being able to talk to them or see our grandson for all that time — a thought po...

August 6, 2019

A staunch liberal Democrat wavers in reaction to the recent rhetoric of her party

Miners used to carry canaries in cages into mines to warn of the presence of harmful gases.  I don't know if the metaphor is fully apt, but I think I was with a canary for the Democratic Party the other day. An old friend of mine, wh...

July 4, 2019

Denver Welcomes the Western Conservative Summit

Every summer an event takes place in Denver that lights up the eyes of conservatives in the region: the Western Conservative Summit.  It’s coming up again on the weekend of July 12–13. Conservatives who come to the summit are not ...

May 12, 2019

What are the media teaching us about school shootings?

As a journalist who worked on a weekly newspaper in Columbine during the shooting in 1999 and covered every aspect of it for the immediate community for a year, I notice some aspects unique to the latest shooting at the STEM school in Highlands Ranch...

February 16, 2018

How Can We Stop School Shootings?

It was March 1999, and I had taken a part-time reporter job at the Columbine Community Courier, a weekly paper in Littleton, Colorado.  Before working for the paper on a regular basis, I went off with my family on a long planned m...

December 13, 2017

What Time's 'Silence-Breakers' and the #MeToo Movement Miss

Recently, Time Magazine chose "The Silence Breakers," women who started the #MeToo movement by speaking up, as "Person of the Year" for 2017.  The cover of the hard copy and pages on the online edition show beautiful women, m...

November 8, 2015

One County's School Board Recall

We’ve heard that all politics is local and school board politics can be the worst. I can attest to both after a recent school board election; the politics in my county -- a drama that came to a climax in November 2015 – are emblematic of ...

April 16, 2013

Ending the Violence

What can we really do to stop shootings in our schools and other public places? I'd like to share two ideas -- connected across the years -- as we come up to the anniversary of a mass killing that affected my life and my community. The first idea ca...