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Wiretap: In Trump vs. the Koch Brothers, the Donald is winning

Trump vs. Kochs How Trump is beating the Koch Brothers. Via The Daily Beast. Broken machine Those who keep waiting for Trump/Carson/Fiorina to fall and Bush/Rubio/Kasich to rise...

Wiretap: Guns: A public health issue

Public health Kristof: It's time to take a public-health approach to guns. It shouldn't be Democrats vs. Republicans. We should take a hard look at the...

Wiretap: Want to end gun violence? Find new answers

Fresh blood E.J. Dionne argues in The Washington Post that those looking for an answer to gun violence need to find new arguments. He proposes that the...

Keefe: The Confederate flag, terrorism and the right to bear arms

For more on these issues, check out Mike Littwin's columns: "Taking down the Confederate flag and racist pride, too" and "Charleston’s not the last...

Wiretap: Flags, guns and politics after the Charleston murders

New targets The Confederate flag issue has been raised and re-raised. The question now is whether the conversation turns to guns. David Frum writes in...

Thunderdome 2015: Klingenschmitt vs. Klingenschmitt

“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent's wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the...

Armed teens’ confederate-flag prom pose looks awfully ISIS-like

Prom is a magical time for some teens: corsage exchanges, slow dancing under disco balls and awkward photos. But guns and a confederate flag? You betcha. At...

Warring Colorado ‘gunners’ Caldara and Neville spar online

Jon Caldara, gun-lover and president of the libertarian Independence Institute, has dipped himself into a boiling vat of hot water and seems to be...

‘Mother Jones’ arms the public with gun-violence numbers

One of our readers, CU Boulder science teacher Douglas Duncan, wrote to us about our coverage of gun control at the Statehouse. “I teach...