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When All Else Fails, Douglas Bruce 86′s The Media

By | 01.24.08 | 3:04 pm

Back in the day, there were only a handful of reporters who could claim membership in Douglas Bruce’s official “I Will Never Talk To You Again” club. Now, with one fell swoop, the just-censured Colorado state lawmaker has added every

Tancredo’s parting shot on immigration debate untrue puffery

By | 12.22.07 | 1:19 pm

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[COMMENTARY] Shortly after Rep. Tom Tancredo ended his bid for the White House this week, he posted a video on his presidential campaign Web site that warns of the “perilous

Cash In on the Democratic Convention

By | 09.21.07 | 11:25 am

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketIf you are a business owner in Colorado and you’re not checking the Democratic National Convention/Denver Convention Host Committee website for Requests for Proposals, you could be losing an opportunity to make a chunk of change.

It’s true…

A Brief Look At The CORA

By | 09.18.07 | 1:13 pm

“It’s the public’s right to know!” The phrase has been spouted by reporters and paparazzi alike.

But under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), it really is the public’s right to know, and that’s not to say government transparency…

Framing the Debate

By | 06.22.07 | 10:42 am

Cross-posted from the Rocky Mountain Chronicle.

Every time President Bush holds an official press conference or makes a televised speech, I get loads of emails promoting the latest drinking game: Take a shot whenever he says the…

Who’s the Front-Runner?

By | 06.19.07 | 11:51 am

JoeyK asked a good question about my piece about Joan Fitz-Gerald last week, which I think deserves a considered answer.

I called Fitz-Gerald the “front-runner” in the race for the Democratic nomination for the 2nd Congressional District seat.

The Handcuffing Begins At 3:30

By | 06.16.07 | 5:22 pm

The people of Colorado Springs often wonder why the rest of the world seems to think they are so, well, peculiar.

Here’s one sample, from a press release sent out by the Colorado Springs Police Department, representing the second-largest…

Murder In Mississippi: How Far We’ve Come

By | 06.15.07 | 1:15 pm

This week marked the end of a 43-year, arduous journey for Thomas Moore, a Colorado Springs resident, Vietnam War veteran and Mississippi native, who finally saw justice for his brother and another black teenager. The two were murdered in 1964…

Live Q&A with M.E. Sprengelmeyer

By | 05.02.07 | 10:54 am

Intrepid political reporter M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky Mountain News takes your questions live from the cornfields of Iowa where he is covering the 2008 presidential race for the Rocky and Scripps Howard News Service.


Be sure…

PROMO: M.E. Sprengelmeyer Live Q&A on Wednesday

By | 04.30.07 | 2:09 pm

Intrepid political reporter M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky Mountain News will take your questions live from the cornfields of Iowa where he is covering the 2008 presidential race for the Rocky and Scripps Howard News Service.

Live Q&A with