Author: Greg Fulton
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A Veterans Day tribute to Colorado’s ‘Home of Heroes’
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They call Pueblo, the Home of Heroes, and for good reason. This city in southern Colorado is tied with Holland, Michigan for having the most Congressional Medal of Honor winners (four) in the country since the turn of the 20th Century. The four recipients of the Medal of Honor from Pueblo include: Pvt. William J.…
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What’s really on voters’ minds? Inflation
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When Bill Clinton was running for President in 1992, his chief political strategist was James Carville. He was someone who presented himself as an “old country boy” from Louisiana, but really was one of the sharpest and best political minds in the country. Carville understood politics and had the pulse of the public. He realized…
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Labor Day is deeply rooted in Colorado
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Labor Day officially became a national holiday when President Grover Cleveland signed a bill into law on June 28, 1894 that called for the holiday to be celebrated on the first Monday of the month of September. What many may not realize is Colorado’s prominent role in helping to bring about a national Labor Day…
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GUEST COLUMN: Should there be a COVID memorial?
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No memorial exists today and maybe there won’t ever be one for the more than 1 million people who died from COVID during the pandemic. The dictionary defines a memorial “as something, especially a structure, established to remind people of an event.” It’s further noted that memorials serve as an ongoing remembrance, not only of…
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GUEST COLUMN: Fentanyl tragedy is cautionary tale for lawmakers
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Reading the recent stories on the fentanyl crisis in the state, I’m reminded of a line in an old Neil Young song from the 1970s, which was “I’ve seen the needle and the damage done.” It was about losing a friend to an overdose of heroin and the impact that drug was having on so…
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Denver’s Dikembe Mutombo may be the real ‘GOAT’
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Last month was Dikembe Mutombo’s 57th birthday and it allowed me to recall fond memories of his time in Denver. Many young people may not recognize the name as he played basketball for the Denver Nuggets over 20 years ago. It was refreshing to reflect on Mutombo, who has been as big of a man…
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GUEST COLUMN: July 4 highlights the American dream
We celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day because that is the date credited for when the Declaration of Independence was approved by delegates of the 13 colonies. The declaration also represented the beginning of an experiment that the world had not witnessed before. It was the initial step in the creation of the…
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COLUMN: July 4 highlights the American dream
We celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day because that is the date credited for when the Declaration of Independence was approved by delegates of the 13 colonies. The declaration also represented the beginning of an experiment that the world had not witnessed before. It was the initial step in the creation of the…
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GUEST COLUMN: How about performance reviews for Congress?
The latest polls for the public’s view of Congress reflect an approval rating hovering around 20%. This is some of the lowest in our country’s history. To put this in perspective, Richard Nixon had a higher rating (24%) upon leaving office after Watergate. When the public is asked why they view Congress so poorly many…
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PODIUM | Broken political promises, pledges
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It’s an election year and we are already hearing a lot of promises from candidates seeking our vote. The fact is that very few of those promises will come to fruition. The politicians know this and many of the voters do too, but candidates still make them and we still want to believe them. This…