Jon Caldara

The 32-foot-tall sculpture "Blue Mustang," by artist Luis Jiminez, rears up at the entrance to Denver International Airport. (Denver Post file)

Caldara: The dangers of public art

June 8, 2018 at 12:03 p.m.

Okay. I鈥檒l reluctantly admit it. I think Blucifer rocks.

Teachers and school administrators participate in a firearms training course in Greeley on June 20, 2017. Seventeen educators graduated from FASTER Colorado's course last year, and 50 more are expected to graduate this year.

Caldara: Why your child is safer in a plane than in school

June 4, 2018 at 11:27 a.m.

Deputies of the Federal Air Marshal Service don鈥檛 sit undercover with the passengers. They sit in the cockpit. They鈥檙e pilots. This program has been an extraordinary success.

Crews work Wednesday,on cleanup and repairs of Interstate-70 in Glenwood Canyon.

Caldara: Fix Our Damn Roads, instead of a funding shell game

May 12, 2018 at 12:37 a.m.

When I was a kid in the early 1970鈥檚 I remember my family driving up to Fort Collins on I-25, which had two lanes in each direction. The population of...

Marchers with the Colorado Education Association ...

I couldn鈥檛 go to work Friday when teachers abandoned my kids, so I looked up some numbers

April 27, 2018 at 2:13 p.m.

We are programmed from childhood to reflexively say teachers are underpaid. But in one way -- whenever there are enough teachers to fill classrooms -- we can say they are...

Boulder resident Lynn Geosits holds a sign supporting a proposed assault rifle ban during a special City Council meeting and public hearing on the city's proposed assault weapon ban.

Caldara: To Boulder鈥檚 anti-gun bigots, I will not comply with your hate law

April 13, 2018 at 3:40 p.m.

Boulder prides itself on promoting inclusion, diversity and tolerance. Its ban against owners of certain firearms proves it's lost its way.

Caldara: In the fight for limited government, even a liberal newspaper helps

April 13, 2018 at 5:02 p.m.

Are we winning politically now that the newspapers have been knee-capped?

DENVER, CO. - AUGUST 13: The Colorado State Capitol dome restoration is nearly complete and the final touches to the gold are being applied this week by workers who rappel from the lantern section high atop the building as they wrap up a $17 million project. The observation area, which has been closed for nearly eight years, will reopen to the public on October 2 with a grand celebration. (Photo By Steve Nehf / The Denver Post)

Caldara: On legislative sexual harassment, time to investigate the investigators

March 30, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.

Ever watch an episode of some crap show on Netflix and before you know it your whole weekend is blown? You鈥檙e blurry-eyed and wondering how you binge-watched a show about...

Caldara: No, it抖阴ap not you, Peter Pan. It抖阴ap the law that prevents you from growing up.

March 16, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Progressives want to raise the age to buy a long gun at 21, while keeping folks on mommy鈥檚 health care plan until they鈥檙e 26. When does someone become an adult...

AR-15 rifles and their cousins are among the nation's most popular and profitable weapons. The AR-15 fires one bullet with each pull of the trigger - thus, semiautomatic - but it is easily modified to shoot continuously until the trigger is released.

Caldara: Why we shouldn鈥檛 stand for 鈥渞easonable鈥� gun laws

March 2, 2018 at 4:38 p.m.

If you鈥檙e genuinely interested in why many of us gun owners will never compromise on our right to own a gun like an AR-15, here are the reasons why.

President Donald Trump talks with journalists after signing tax reform legislation into law in the Oval Office on Dec. 22.

Caldara: My compromise offer to the politically correct

February 16, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Middle America voters can only be told their white-privileged micro-aggressions are triggering some victim鈥檚 oppression so often before Trump鈥檚 crudeness becomes a needed relief.

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