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Twitter founder Biz Stone on Fresh Air 18 Feb 2011 | 07:58 pm
If you’ve got 38 minutes to spare, or even 10 or 20, check out yesterday’s episode of “Fresh Air with Terry Gross,” which featured an insightful and engaging interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Ston...
O’Reilly vs Obama: Super Bowl interview 7 Feb 2011 | 06:34 pm
Who knew Super Bowl Sunday could be educational? In a short segment from a rare interview with Bill O’Reilly – the first of his presidency – President Obama fielded questions on Egypt, health care, a...
Unsustainable public pension funds 27 Jan 2011 | 06:44 pm
In case you missed it, last week’s cover story in the Colorado Springs Independent was powerful. It highlights a problem I’ve been complaining about for awhile – public employee pension funds are ban...
2012 election picture, part two 23 Jan 2011 | 08:41 am
Earlier this week, Denver–based political analyst Floyd Ciruli provided even more insight on the 2012 elections, specifically focusing on the critical role Colorado will play. He says that both part...
Bleak 2012 picture for Dems 20 Jan 2011 | 07:06 pm
The recent announcements by Democratic Senators Joe Lieberman (CT) and Kent Conrad (ND) that they will not seek re-election has many pundits theorizing about the pivotal November 2012 elections. Unfo...
Assault weapons and high-capacity gun clips 19 Jan 2011 | 07:20 pm
I know that a lot (too much, arguably) has been said about the recent tragic shootings in Arizona, but my good friend (thanks, Andrea!) just alerted me to these two excellent pieces on gun control tha...
I miss Michael 18 Jan 2011 | 08:16 pm
Last week, while I read how incoming County Commissioner Peggy Littleton, in her first meeting as such, made an appeal for more frequent prayer to open future meetings, I couldn’t help but think how m...
Teflon John 14 Jan 2011 | 02:31 pm
Our new guv Hickenlooper is getting some serious inches in the national press. Yesterday, NPR’s “All Things Considered” covered him in a four-minute piece that ruminated over whether his “nice guy” d...
Who will be the new face of the Republican party? 13 Jan 2011 | 10:16 pm
In this week’s Time Magazine, Mark Halperin offers an insightful take on the party’s emerging leaders (or lack thereof). He points out the paradox of a strong, ascendant Republican party without any...
Hickenlooper inauguration speech hinges on “the kitchen table” 12 Jan 2011 | 07:19 pm
Earlier this morning amid frigid Colorado temperatures, Democrat John Hickenlooper was inaugurated as our state’s 42nd governor. His 15-minute speech was long on metaphor, from cracked nest eggs to r...
