George Brauchler

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Brauchler: San Francisco — where a DA was just recalled — is safer than Denver

June 14, 2022 at 9:48 a.m.

Under even more aggravated circumstances, facing a demonstrably disastrous deterioration in crime numbers, voters in liberal Denver have shown no interest in using their votes to change anything.

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Brauchler: These mass shootings are a symptom of our moral failings

May 31, 2022 at 8:40 a.m.

American society is suffering from a growing pandemic of mass shootings. This sickness is as undeniable as it appears incurable -- at least with our current hyper-politicized approach.

DENVER, CO - JUNE 4: House Speaker Alec Garnett, left, meets briefly with Rep. Hugh McKean and Rep. Marc Catlin, right, on the House floor. The Colorado General Assembly convenes as the body enters the final days of the regular session on June 4, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Brauchler: A mulligan of a year and Colorado Democrats still shanked the ball

May 18, 2022 at 1:48 p.m.

The General Assembly just wrapped a 2022 legislative session dedicated to the undoing of their damaging bills from the preceding three years. The golf term is 鈥淢ulligan,鈥� and politicians coincidentally...

Authorities seized 400 pounds of methamphetamine, 15,000 fentanyl pills, five pounds of heroin and four pounds of cocaine during the sweeping arrests of a drug trafficking operation in Denver and Aurora.

Brauchler: Real “harm reduction” for fentanyl would be treating it like a deadly poison

April 26, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

Another 30 or so Coloradans have died from fentanyl overdose since my column two weeks ago imploring the legislature to quickly pass a meaningful bill addressing the killer drug.

Brauchler: Make the possession fentanyl a felony

April 11, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

More than 180 Coloradans -- an average of at least two per day 鈥� have passed away from a fentanyl overdose since the beginning of the 2022 General Assembly 90...

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Brauchler: Cherry Creek schools redefine 鈥渧aledictorian” as “mediocrity”

March 18, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

The pursuit of excellence has suffered another blow. Farewell to Valedictorians.

SIMLA, CO - DECEMBER 30: A man walks through a door with a sign reading, COVID-19 Testing in Progress, at the back of the Good Samaritan Society nursing home on December 30, 2020 in Simla, Colorado. A Colorado National Guard soldier who was deployed at an ongoing COVID outbreak at the nursing home is the first person in the United States to have tested positive for a more contagious COVID-19 variant. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Brauchler: Audit the $90 million no-bid contract for faulty COVID tests

March 7, 2022 at 2:22 p.m.

In refusing to review these questionable and failed contracts, the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil Democrats on the legislative audit committee are participating in a cover-up of mismanagement by the Polis administration that...

Brauchler: Releasing the names of DougCo teachers would not be doxxing. Not even close.

February 17, 2022 at 1:17 p.m.

The First Amendment does not and should not prevent public scrutiny over the who, how and when a public protest is staged, especially when it is designed to shut down...

Brauchler: Colorado’s judges need more oversight and occasional ouster

February 2, 2022 at 6:01 a.m.

While Colorado looks under the judicial hood at needed reform, here are some others this legislature can work on right now. Disclaimer: every judge in front of who I will...

In this May 16, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West attends the 20th Annual Webby Awards in New York. After an encounter with armed robbers in Paris on Monday, Oct. 3, Kardashian West went social media silent. On Instagram, where she has more than 84 million followers, the most recent posts were from the day before, having spent fashion week happily sharing snippets of video and photos, including one showing her massive diamond ring.

Brauchler: Kim Kardashian’s influence on Jared Polis’ clemency decision is now a scandal that won’t fade

January 20, 2022 at 10:25 a.m.

For Polis, Kardashian's cajoling tweet to her 70.9 million followers (more than CNN and FoxNews 鈥� combined and four times more than President Joe Biden) was -- apparently 鈥� overwhelming...

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