Seceding from a state and forming another state is really tough, but not impossible.

When the scheme to establish a “sister city” relationship between Boulder and the Palestinian city of Nablus came to light 15 months ago, I wrote a column suggesting that wouldn’t be a good idea because Nablus, and the An Najah University located in Nablus, “were bubbling cesspools of anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism and jihad.”

Harvey and I were breaking out the Doritos when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon and a guy with a serious 5 o’clock shadow.

The drug war dead-enders and nanny-statists who want to recriminalize marijuana in Colorado think they have hit on a cunning new strategy to do the deed.

April 19 is a big day in American history, maybe even the biggest. Doesn’t ring a bell, huh? Here’s a clue.

So you don’t like fracking, huh? Hope you like blood for oil.

Sometimes you learn the darnedest things if you read a news story all the way to the end.

I’ve been reading the recommendations of the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force. They mostly remind me of Mark Twain’s description of Wagner’s music: “It’s better than it sounds.” But just barely.

A while back I offered some modest proposals for how a resurrected draft should be structured. Since Rep. Rangel is recycling his proposal, this is a good time to revisit them.

A frequent refrain of gun control freaks is “Why does anyone need a gun?” Good question. I’ll get to it in a minute.