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LAKEWOOD, CO. — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon currently leading polls, didn't always want to run for president.
That was his message to reporters and...
Dueling buddies
Neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio is comfortable attacking the other. But this is apparently what happens when friends run against each other...
Josh Penry
8:30
Thanks for sharing your digital stage Mike and The Colorado Independent. At its best, politics is a hearty argument between friends.
Mike Littwin
8:26
Josh, thanks...
Zionist boycott
Lifelong Zionists explain why they're boycotting Israel to save it from the harm it has caused itself by continuing the occupation and refusing to give all...
This story originally appeared on High Country News.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush this week waded deeper into issues of public land than any other...
Reform revolution
Peter Beinart explains the real difference between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: One is an insurrectionist and one an incrementalist. Clinton's bet is...
Trump vs. Kochs
How Trump is beating the Koch Brothers. Via The Daily Beast.
Broken machine
Those who keep waiting for Trump/Carson/Fiorina to fall and Bush/Rubio/Kasich to rise...