Jon Caldara

Caldara: The Beatles top charts again as our greatest (and perhaps only) cultural connector

November 4, 2019 at 10:48 a.m.

Every now and then it抖阴ap worth taking a detour away from the politics which divides us to the eternal truth which binds us 鈥� today鈥檚 music pretty much sucks.

The 2016 Colorado General Assembly, which begins Wednesday, runs until May 11. Democrats control the House, while Republicans have the edge in the Senate.

Caldara: Shorten the session if you don鈥檛 like special interest-paid legislative staff

October 25, 2019 at 12:01 p.m.

Good help is hard to find.

Caldara: When local control just goes one way — that’s not local control

October 11, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Cities can now raise the minimum wage, but they can鈥檛 lower it. That抖阴ap not local control. That抖阴ap a one-way ratchet.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks with ...

Caldara: Team Polis didn’t like a story — and got all Trumpy with the local press

October 4, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Jared Polis never struck me as the kind of guy who would try to intimidate news outlets into not running a story. But the people he鈥檚 hired are a reflection...

The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights requires that all Colorado governments ask voters before raising their taxes and that they refund money to taxpayers when more revenue is taken in by a government than a formula in the constitutional amendment allows. (Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post, photos by Getty Images)

Caldara: Don’t give up your TABOR rights or that of your kids’ kids

October 4, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

Forever is a really, really long time.

Survivors of sexual assault and members ...

Caldara: #MeToo replacing due process in the press

September 22, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

We used to hold as cherished American principle that one is innocent until proven guilty. In fact, it was the political left that guarded that value. Those liberals are now...

In this Dec. 20, 2018, file photo Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York.

Caldara: Aurora’s plot is a tax increase and it won’t help stop teen vaping

September 16, 2019 at 11:13 a.m.

Aurora is the third-largest city in Colorado. The mayor鈥檚 office and six of its eleven city council seats are up for election in a matter of weeks. Of those six...

Caldara: Denver鈥檚 war against people and their houseguests, via AirBNB

September 6, 2019 at 12:01 p.m.

The City of Denver鈥檚 little jihad against fledging entrepreneurs, like those who do short-term rentals of their property, isn鈥檛 about noisy guests. It抖阴ap about control, limiting choice and stopping free...

RTD4620.jpg Elena Burton, 78, gets ready ...

Caldara: Reimagining RTD putting people first

August 30, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

The Regional Transportation District抖阴ap ridership numbers are down some 5% since 2015, which is an incredible feat given that the city鈥檚 population has exploded nearly 20% in the last decade.

John Hickenlooper waves to the crowd ...

Caldara: Let’s take a deeper look behind Hickenlooper’s poll numbers

August 23, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

The political circular firing squad is usually found on Colorado鈥檚 right. It抖阴ap the left抖阴ap turn.

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