I know all about pharmaceutical pricing. I know big pharmaceutical companies can charge a fortune for a new drug. They attribute it to R&D (research & development) costs of bringing a new drug to market. That’s fine with me. They’re… Read More ›
Law
Got him! Local graffiti vandal caught
I’m delighted to report that the jerk seen spray-painting the boulders on Lookout Mountain a few days ago has been caught. And I’m even angrier now that I’ve learned he’s from my city — Thornton, a northeast Denver suburb. So… Read More ›
Hang ’em high
Our local KMGH Channel 7 ran this story at 6 pm. Also KUSA Channel 9, KDVR, KCNC, and The Denver Post. Two vandals were caught in the act and on camera, brazenly spray painting boulders on Lookout Mountain (nature center and preserve) near… Read More ›
Special interests doom Zika funding
A bill in the US Senate that would have funded research to fight the Zika virus in this country failed yesterday. Why would such a critically important bill be voted down? Because of a really stupid and costly policy that allows… Read More ›
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun …
This is the scene I imagine every time I hear a gun owner say, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Really? Bullshit, I say. Dangerous, deadly bullshit.
Surprised it doesn’t happen more often
In Cleveland yesterday at Michael Madison’s sentencing for a triple murder, Van Terry lunged at his daughter’s killer. The only surprise here is that this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often. It’s always amazed me that murder trials, as… Read More ›
Fear of flying
Actually, I have no fear of flying. I’ve always enjoyed flying. (Or did before they shrank the seats to about half a normal adult’s size.) My problem these days is fear of airports. Or more specifically, fear of TSA security… Read More ›
About those guns at the GOP convention
I could have used this illustration a few days ago.
Guns at the GOP convention?
“Thousands Petition To Allow Guns At Republican Convention For ‘Safety’” This Huffington Post headline today comes only a week or so after Donald Trump assured us there will likely be riots at the GOP convention in Cleveland. The Change.org petition, with more… Read More ›
R.I.P. Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia
Finally, yesterday and today, without mention of politics, the nation paused to give the late Justice Antonin Scalia the consideration and respect he so richly deserved. R.I.P. Justice Scalia.
