Forgive me if what I write next is considered controversial, especially just a month away from a presidential election, when everything with a policy bent is viewed as a referendum on one of the candidates. It may provoke controversy less for the ire it might draw and more in its...

It's tough to avoid the parallels, be it in their resurrection of usually proud but recently struggling franchises, their relative inexperience at the pro level, their positions as both symbolic and literal team leaders, or their devout and often public expressions of faith.

And in addition to the fact that...

For seven days, the debate shifted.

Gone was the standard rhetoric from backers of the educational status quo intent on maintaining a system that puts the safety of a system over the performance of its pupils. Quiet were the cries of anger at policies that give children the best chance...

It's been 24 years since Gary Hart saw his political fortunes dashed by the revelation of a lone picture showing the former Colorado senator in a precarious position. Followed by a string of firm denials at odds with mounting contradictory evidence, there was outrage, David Letterman jokes, and a less-than-graceful...

Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined Sen. Michael Bennet and Gov. John Hickenlooper on a national conference call in conjunction with President Obama's push to replace the much-maligned No Child Left Behind Act. They spoke of the education reform movement, the role of the federal government in supporting the...

Kelley Bolar-Williams probably wishes she lived in Colorado.

The Akron, Ohio mother was sent to jail last month for tampering with records so her kids could go to a better school in another district. Had she lived in the Centennial State, she would have been able to take...

Lost in the constant cajoling of legislative fights and governing are the un-manufactured, organic opportunities for President Obama to deliver the kinds of speeches that he gave on Wednesday night before mourners at the University of Arizona. Almost forgotten in the man's first two years in office is the fact...

This isn't Chicago.

The president doesn't hail from the Mile High City, nor did his former chief of staff leave a Denver congressional seat to serve in the White House, only to return to run for mayor. And the new chief of staff isn't the current Denver mayor's brother.

In...

My inaugural piece for The Huffington Post, published this past Friday, discussed the political calculus and shrewdness of President Obama's endorsement of an incumbent Senator and 2010 candidate from my home state of Colorado.

In my accompanying bio (which you can still view as it stood then by clicking my...

Progressives in Colorado are a long way away from their jubilation of a year ago. On the heels of attaining a solidified Congressional majority, Colorado Democrats also claimed two Senators in Washington, one of whom was even tapped to serve in the new administration -- an administration that Coloradans chose...