2010 Colorado Election

Supporters of mandatory insurance only claim to oppose cost-shifting. In practice, they support policies that, like mandatory insurance, add to the very cost-shifting they claim to object to.

If voters are persuaded to approve Amendments 60, 61, and 101, all Medicaid programs, including the life-enhancing services for the disabled that I use, will be gutted.

As a sometime freelance writer, I'm really, really impressed with the $300,000 job Scott McInnis got from the Hasan Family Foundation to write a "series of in-depth articles on water."

The current turmoil in Colorado politics and beyond, marked by resignations of senior elected officials, has many lessons. First among these is: "It isn't fun anymore."