Posts by Jim Spencer

I planned to die of old age while writing a newspaper column. I wanted to be sitting in a newsroom amidst a bunch of journalists and keel over dead at my desk.

What could be the largest presidential caucuses in Colorado history could also offer the most logistical headaches.

The political director for the Democratic National Committee showed up in Colorado in December. He came, said Colorado Democratic chairwoman Pat Waak, to measure progress in his party’s so-called “Western strategy.”

The political director for the Democratic National Committee showed up in Colorado in December. He came, said Colorado Democratic chairwoman Pat Waak, to measure progress in his party’s so-called “Western strategy.”

When he didn’t answer or provided an answer they didn’t like, at first [name blacked out] would slap Mowhoush, and then after a few slaps, it turned into punches. And then from punches, it turned into [name blacked out] using a piece of hose.

“I have decided to accept the special committee’s unanimous recommendation to proceed with a censure resolution.”

Thus said Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff about a bi-partisan call to censure Rep. Doug Bruce for kicking a newspaper photographer. Bruce kicked the photographer for taking his  Bruce’s picture during a public prayer on the floor of [...]

First Sudan and now Iran.

The road to stripping public pensions of immoral investments will require significant detours. Colorado has mapped out two. On Tuesday, the state’s retirement program announced a moratorium on new investments in companies doing significant amounts of business in the Iranian energy industry. This follows legislation last year that decreed divestiture of [...]

It is too soon to pronounce Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff a TV star. But it is not too soon to pronounce his leadership in televising his body’s legislative sessions visionary.

I was wrong.

Colorado Rep. Doug Bruce’s apparent inability to utter those three words after kicking a newspaper photographer could cost him most of his influence in the General Assembly.

There will be no specific maternity leave policy in Denver Public Schools, because there doesn’t need to be, administrators and school board members said this week.

What there soon will be are newly clarified regulations about long-term absences for all students who miss school for health-related reasons.

The volatile issue of how to handle students who have [...]