In Colorado, the question arises every year about this time. Are remote-start vehicles considered puffers in my city, county, and/or state? This year the issue has been settled once and for all. On March 31, 2016, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into… Read More ›
On September 20, before the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren ripped Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to shreds (over the opening of as many as 2 million unauthorized accounts). And it was a thing of beauty. Absolutely, CEOs should… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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.
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 ›
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 ›
I could have used this illustration a few days ago.
