Opinion: Colorado’s GOP primary election is open to unaffiliated voters and that’s how it should stay
February 19, 2024
The Republican Party is attempting to build higher fences around a smaller group of voters
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The Replacements: 28 lawmakers appointed to 29 seats by small groups of party insiders
February 3, 2024
With close to a third of lawmakers being appointed to office instead of elected by voters, the Colorado General Assembly likely holds a record that few state legislatures would want.
A Colorado Politics analysis showed that of 24 out of the 28 current state lawmakers appointed by vacancy committees, fewer than 40 party insiders on average picked the individuals who would represent the people at the state Capitol, instead of the 89,000 residents of a House district or the 165,000 people who live in a Senate’s political boundary.
It’s time to highlight our ‘not-so-divided-States of America’
October 17, 2023
By Mark McKinnon and Kent Thiry If you follow the news, browse social media, or look at any number of the unwanted emails and text messages routinely sent out by politicians and activists, you’d think that America is irreconcilably divided.
Illinois Democrats drew new maps. The changes pushed the GOP to the right.
October 7, 2023
The state’s congressional redistricting illustrates how gerrymandering hollows out the political center and strengthens the fringe, experts say. It also helps explain Kevin McCarthy’s downfall.
2 Decades in Dialysis: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
July 23, 2023
On the whole, the industry in the U.S. from 1999 – 2019 prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths, greatly expanded the no. of clinics to improve patient access, increased one-year survival rates and reduced hospitalizations for many patients.
Replace our ‘minority rules’ presidential primary system with ranked-choice voting
July 13, 2023
As the country turns its focus to the next presidential election, there is a real possibility that 2024 could offer voters the choice of an historically unpopular incumbent vs. an historically corrupt and twice-indicted opponent.
That shouldn’t inspire confidence in our political system — and it doesn’t have to be that way.
Replace our ‘minority rules’ presidential primary system with ranked-choice voting
July 13, 2023
As the country turns its focus to the next presidential election, there is a real possibility that 2024 could offer voters the choice of an historically unpopular incumbent vs. an historically corrupt and twice-indicted opponent. That shouldn’t inspire confidence in
Another chink in the armor of our democracy
June 5, 2023
Following the ongoing gerrymandering efforts in North Carolina, it’s clear that we cannot rely on the courts and politicians to do the difficult work of protecting our democracy. In this piece, I’ve outlined three steps we can take to protect a government of, by, and for the people.
CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch
May 24, 2023
Leading change is both a top-down process and a bottom-up process. The goal is to educate and energize colleagues at every level, especially those on the front lines, about the power of your plans, and to be educated and energized by the pragmatic wisdom of their experiences. Change programs work when they shape the behaviors and unleash the enthusiasm of the people closest to the work — the technologists who write code, the front-line employees who interact with customers, and customers themselves, who have the deciding vote on whether a company is doing something worthwhile. Put simply, it’s hard to reach people’s hearts and minds if the CEO’s head is in the clouds.
