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Boulder Weekly shuts down publication for first time in 32 years amid internal revolt
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Boulder Weekly shuts down publication for first time in 32 years amid internal revolt

By Corey Hutchins | Inside the News in Colorado, Substack The news behind the news in Colorado This week, as the nation’s annual conference for alternative weekly newspapers was convening in Madison, Wisconsin, one of its Colorado members was imploding. Shay Castle, who had been editor of Boulder Weekly for just under two years, said on July 2 that the paper’s owner, Stewart Sallo, had fired her. A week later, things utterly collapsed at the free alt-weekly that has served the city since 1993. “The newsroom is gone,” Castle said over the phone this Tuesday. “All four of us are gone.” While the paper typically comes out on Thursdays and populates news racks around Boulder County, this week those racks are empty for the first time in 32 years. No Big Goodbye, no...
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Girdusky: Want real change, Elon? This strategy would do more than the America Party ever could
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Girdusky: Want real change, Elon? This strategy would do more than the America Party ever could

By Ryan James Girdusky | Commentary, National Populist Newsletter Why the America Party is Not Going to Work Elon Musk believes he is on a rendezvous with destiny, that he and he alone is wealthy and independent enough to lead America into a future free from the overwhelming debt facing the country’s future. So, he’s starting this America Party, hoping to flip enough seats in the House and Senate to mandate Congress get serious about spending. That’s a bit of a fool’s errand. First, there comes a question of ballot access. Can candidates even make it on the ballot in November? Getting on the ballot in many parts of the country is extremely difficult, despite being in existence for decades; neither the Green nor the Libertarian Party had ballot access in all 50 states last N...
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Hunt: Take pride in America this Fourth—and give thanks to God
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Hunt: Take pride in America this Fourth—and give thanks to God

By Jeff Hunt | Commentary, Substack As fireworks light up the night sky this Fourth of July, let’s do more than celebrate—we must recommit. Recommit to the truth that this nation, the United States of America, was not an accident of history but a divine blessing. Our rights were not granted by kings or bureaucrats. They were endowed by our Creator. And no matter how much the secular left tries to erase that truth, it still echoes from our founding documents and lives on in the hearts of patriotic Americans. It’s time to stop apologizing for loving this country. America is not just a place—it’s an idea. A God-given idea. That all men are created equal. That liberty is worth defending. That government’s power is limited because it answers to something higher. Our Founding Fathers ...
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Hancock: The Constitution isn’t broken—it’s working as designed
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Hancock: The Constitution isn’t broken—it’s working as designed

By Michael A. Hancock | Commentary, Substack When the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to restrict the use of nationwide injunctions—limiting the power of lower federal courts to block federal policies across all 50 states—the headlines screamed “judicial power grab.” Civil rights groups warned the ruling is a “crisis for civil liberties”, while pundits cautioned that it is another step in America’s ongoing executive aggrandizement. The reaction was loud, dire, and—to anyone who understands the Constitution—deeply misleading. Despite the shrieking headlines and partisan outrage, what we’re witnessing isn’t a constitutional failure. It’s a constitutional function. The system is not broken. It’s working. Slowly, awkwardly, and often frustratingly—but working. This deliberate slownes...
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Dr. Krannawitter: The Declaration—not slogans—is our anti-king document
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Dr. Krannawitter: The Declaration—not slogans—is our anti-king document

By Thomas L. Krannawitter, Ph.D. | Commentary, Substack The American Revolution launched the greatest anti-king and anti-slavery movements, at the same time, and for the same principled reasons. Let me see if I understand: Progressives who insist on “No Kings” demand presidents—and an entire federal government apparatus—be constrained by the Constitution progressives have spent decades mocking, undermining, and ignoring? And the same progressives who warn against monarchical power happily support millions of unelected, unionized bureaucrats issuing and enforcing their own “regulations” that have binding power of law over citizens, even though regulations are not laws? No Kings Remember, the United States was born out of a fiery rebellion against a king and a d...
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Hancock: President Trump’s nuclear plan puts power—and America—back on the grid
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Hancock: President Trump’s nuclear plan puts power—and America—back on the grid

By Michael A. Hancock | Commentary, Substack Trump’s Plan to Fix the Grid, Cut the Red Tape, & Fuel the Future Politics doesn’t power cities—electricity does. And Trump just fired up the most significant energy move we’ve seen in decades. It isn’t about windmills or wishful thinking. It’s about fission. Steel. Jobs. It’s about restoring America’s backbone, one kilowatt at a time. Welcome to America’s new atomic age. Trump’s nuclear strategy is not a relic of the Cold War but a blueprint for national revival. At its core is a simple truth: electricity has become intelligence. The race to dominate artificial intelligence—the next frontier of economic and military superiority—will not be won with slogans or solar panels. It will be won with gigawatts. And nuclear energy, ...
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Boll: Colorado calls it protection. Parents call it betrayal.
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Boll: Colorado calls it protection. Parents call it betrayal.

By Laureen Boll | Commentary, Genspect Colorado is increasingly unhinged when it comes to gender Imagine the nightmare: You learn that your 17-year-old daughter, with whom you’ve always shared a deep, loving bond, has embarked upon an intimate relationship with her female teacher—a deeply inappropriate situation under any circumstances. But instead of acting to safeguard your child, school officials secretly label her “homeless” to allow her to move in with the teacher, withholding the truth from you. Unfortunately, this is the harsh reality for one Jefferson County, Colorado, family. When the parent uncovered the deception and confronted the high school principal, they were met with a shocking defense: the teacher was simply “helping kids explore their sexual identity.” Some ...
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Gaines: Polis’ picks for land board proves Colorado’s gone to the wolves
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Gaines: Polis’ picks for land board proves Colorado’s gone to the wolves

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project I wrote about Polis advisor Nicole Rosmarino being the sole finalist for the directorship of the State Land Board recently. That newsletter is linked first below if you want or need context.On the heels of that newsletter, I got a message from a reader alerting me to the other two appointments that Governor Polis made to the State Land Board--this is the same board mind you that makes decisions on grazing leases, mineral-extraction (oil/gas) leases, and provides revenue to schools--Mark Harvey from Pitkin County and James Pribyl from Louisville. Harvey was appointed to fill the agriculture seat on the board and Pribyl the citizen-at-large seat.If the name Pribyl sounds familiar, you're not alone. He was a former member of the ...
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Hancock: The future of Colorado hangs between boom and blackout
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Hancock: The future of Colorado hangs between boom and blackout

By Michael A. Hancock | Commentary, Substack There's a difference between dreaming big and hallucinating. Colorado's progressive legislators have yet to figure that out. Once a beacon of frontier grit and entrepreneurial promise, Colorado is drifting into a twilight of self-imposed stagnation. This isn't the result of some unforeseeable external shock. No. The decline is being engineered — brick by legislative brick — by a political class more interested in social signaling than in fostering economic vitality. The question isn't whether Colorado faces a reckoning. The question is whether we will admit the cause before we hit the wall. Let's start with energy, the lifeblood of any serious economy. Colorado holds a wealth of natural resources—oil, gas, coal, and uranium— all of ...
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