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Littwin: Donald Trump’s spectacular implosion

If you were worried that the Donald's inevitable implosion wouldn't be wildly spectacular, you can put your mind at ease. Give the guy some credit. Moving...

Wiretap: Presidential candidates bumble on Iraq; U.S. kills one ISIS leader;...

Equal trade? U.S forces kill a key ISIS figure in Syria. Meanwhile, in Iraq, ISIS captures a key city in Ramadi, just 60 miles from...

Swing-state Colorado U.S. Congress members clash over latest anti-abortion bill

DENVER — Abortion bills are pouring down on Colorado like spring rain on the Northern Front Range. First, reproductive-health politics dominated the end of the 2015...

Littwin: Did someone say ‘Huckabee’?

FOUR YEARS ago at around this time, I wrote that none of the candidates in the race could possibly win the Republican nomination, even...

Littwin: Bold on immigration reform! (It doesn’t take much)

YOU COULD feel the ground shift the other day, and for once it had nothing to do with fracking. This was Hillary Clinton shaking...

Wiretap: Candidates gripe about big money in politics

The Benjamins If you want to know how bad big money is in presidential politics these days, all you have to do is listen to...

Wiretap: Marco Rubio announces candidacy

Oedipal Complex Why Marco Rubio couldn't say no to running in 2016, even if it meant a rift with his mentor Jeb Bush. Because that's...

Littwin: Aw-shucks, America, Indiana never even heard of discrimination

In case anyone is still confused, the world has officially changed, including the part that belongs to Indiana. In today's world, when you pass a...

Wiretap: Bombing Tikrit; Horrible Longmont crime not murder

Bombing Tikrit The New York Times editorial board calls Obama's decision to bomb the Iraqi city of Tikrit a dangerous escalation "without providing a shred...

Wiretap: Why Ted Cruz quit rock; biased pot reporting; Utah firing...

Blowing Steam Michael Roberts, at Westword, pulls no punches slamming The Gazette in his critique of the Pulitzer Prize-winning paper’s series "Clearing the Haze." Roberts...