This column originally appeared at www.HuffingtonPost.com on March 9, 2010.
Going Rogue: DEA Style
By Jessica P. Corry
It takes a lot to get some of the state’s most conservative lawmakers on board with a Democratic Congressman from the People’s Republic of Boulder. But that’s just what happened this week.
The unifying cause? None other than Colorado’s hot button […]

This column originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette on December 15, 2009
By Jessica Peck Corry
Yoga, marketed as a way to find personal peace through perplexing poses, is now at the center of a growing debate over whether that sweaty Saturday morning of downward-facing dogs should be federally recognized as a religious service.
Owners of yoga […]

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December 15, 2009
For Immediate Release:
COURT TO HEAR CHALLENGE TO CENTENNIAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA BAN
Centennial, Colo.—A coalition of medical marijuana patients and caregivers will get their day in court Friday. At an afternoon hearing, plaintiffs will argue that the City of Centennial violated their rights under the Colorado Constitution, as well as related […]

This column originally ran in the Colorado Springs Gazette on December 6, 2009.
By Jessica Peck Corry
With Thanksgiving behind us, we can at last turn our homes into endless seas of red and green without fear of retribution by overzealous homeowners’ associations. We all throw guilt to the wind, allowing even the most devout vegan to […]

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City readies for fight on medical marijuana
By Peter Jones
Published: 12.04.09
A lawsuit brought against the City of Centennial by a medical-marijuana dispensary and three of its patients is the first lawsuit of its kind in Colorado since voters approved marijuana use for medicinal purposes in 2000.
CannaMart and the three customers filed the suit on Nov. 30 […]

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November 29, 2009
PATIENTS TO SUE CENTENNIAL TO GAIN ACCESS TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Landmark case challenges municipal authority to ban all Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Centennial, Colo.—For the first time in state history, a coalition of medical marijuana patients, together […]

Denver is a city in love with its newspapers. Even in 2009, many residents still cling to the scent and grime of fresh newspaper print. But as the recent loss of the city’s beloved Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. In an ironic twist of fate worthy […]

This column originally appeared on November 16, 2009 on HuffingtonPost.com.
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Mrs. Obama, What About Our Boys?
By Jessica Peck Corry
As Michelle Obama touched down in Denver today to promote her efforts to connect America’s public school students with professional mentors, she declined to send an invitation to one population who could most benefit: our city’s neglected […]

By Jessica Peck Corry
October 29, 2009
Read More: Asbestos, Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment, Colorado Resorts, EPURA, Estes Park, Denver News
When most people think political bullying, the scenic resort town of Estes Park, Colorado, isn’t the first place that comes to mind. But to a growing number of residents there, it has […]

This column originally ran on The Denver Post’s PoliticsWest.com on October 28, 2009.
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He’s Black…So What?
By Jessica Peck Corry
Wow. Who knew the rotary club could be so progressive as to elect a black president? This was the breaking news from Tuesday’s Denver Post business section. And yet once again, the real controversy here is that […]

Reefer sanity: The marijuana lobby goes mainstream
By Kathleen Parker
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
In an act of merciful sanity, the Obama administration has made good on its promise to stop interfering with states that allow the medical use of marijuana.
Clink-clink, hear-hear, salud, cheers, et cetera, et cetera.
The announcement from Attorney General Eric Holder […]

Westword: Legalizing marijuana — medical or otherwise — has become the toke of the town
September 29, 2009
Rob and Jessica Corry aren’t normal Republicans, but the Corrys did spend time last weekend as NORML Republicans at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’s 38th annual conference in San Francisco. Rob, a Denver attorney […]

This column originally appeared in Human Events on August 27, 2009.
Harvard’s Sad Censorship Campaign
by Jessica Peck Corry
Poor, poor Harvard. The prestigious institution has once again found itself in the embarrassing position of defending a push for campus censorship. This round’s sad irony: student leaders are now the ones trying to throw […]

When free speech means life or death
Don’t demean those fighting for their health care
By Jessica Peck Corry
This column originally ran in the Colorado Daily on August 24, 2009
Free speech can be complicated, as evidenced by the call from U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Fort Collins) for “civility” in the passionate debate over President Barack Obama’s […]

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A controversial new movement promotes pot use instead of alcohol. These parents want to ban pot prohibition because they believe it will save lives.
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Gina Kaysen Fernandes: Alcohol and marijuana are the two most popular — and easily accessible — substances on college campuses, but they’re not treated the same […]

How couch potatoes can save the world
By Jessica Peck Corry
This column originally appeared in The Denver Post on August 3, 2009
This just in: if you want to save the world, you may just want to stay on your couch. And if you must get up, throw a steak on the grill.
According to a mounting […]

Dems Separated By Cow Emissions
by Jessica Peck Corry
This column originally appeared in Human Events on June 24, 2009
As leading Democrats scratch their heads wondering how their once promising negotiations over the nation’s climate change strategy could have headed south so quickly, science may have doomed such efforts to failure from the start.
On Friday, House […]

This column originally appeared in Human Events on June 8, 2009A Brief Victory For Political Free Speech
by Jessica Peck Corry
A recent federal court decision has grassroots political activists briefly clinking their champagne glasses. Republicans should be taking notes. While the last decade’s campaign finance statutes have almost exclusively benefitted unions and liberal causes, […]

This column originally appeared on The Denver Post’s Web site on May 6, 2009
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An academic arms race
By Jessica Peck Corry
At the Independence Institute, we’re tough on the University of Colorado, questioning excessive spending, censorship in the classroom, and political bias.
But now we’d like to praise CU President Bruce Benson for taking […]