Hal Bidlack

Back when I was working for our U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, I remember being briefed by the VA about how hard it is to get medical professionals to agree to

As you likely know, if you’ve read more than a couple of my columns, I’ve been performing a one-man show as Alexander Hamilton (HamilitonLives) since the late 1990s. He was

Back in 2010, when I was the chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, an ongoing concern for me was the issue of down ballot issues not getting much attention. In most elections, and especially in presidential elections, quite a few voters cast their votes for the top race or two, and often skipped the “smaller” elections that are, as we say, down ballot. Especially suffering from this behavior were the proposed ballot measures. To be a robust democracy (I know, I know, we are a republic), we need voters to make decisions all the way to the end of the ballot.

As my regular reader (Hi, Jeff!) surely recalls, especially since he was a kindly donor, campaign for the U.S House back in 2008 was unsuccessful, though many, many positive things came from that remarkable experience. Back then, I was a 50-year-old widower running in a heavily-GOP district as a moderate Democrat. I ended a defeated candidate, but one who had met his future wife when she got hired to my staff. So, in a very important way, I won the election.

I remain as I was in 2016: deeply confused how anyone with integrity can support Donald Trump for president. As he has gone bankrupt numerous times, and has frittered away

My regular readers will recall I often refer to my regular reader, Jeff. As it happens, Jeff is a real person and one of my very closest friends. He’s an

Back in 2001, when I neared the end of a tour teaching political science at the Air Force Academy, I found what looked like an interesting next assignment as a

It is very, very tempting to write column after column trying to help people understand what a true clear and present danger Donald Trump is to the United States. And

Over the past few months, I've often written about the bizarre and convoluted goings on in Colorado Republican Party.

Back in 1787 when the Founders were gathered in Philadelphia and were setting about the business of creating an entirely new form of governance, several things were clear to them, or at least they