Author: Wayne Laugesen
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PERSPECTIVE: Colorado conservatives proceed with new hope
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado surprised no one when it favored Vice President Kamala Harris over then-candidate Donald Trump by 11 points. This deep-blue state years ago put liberal Democrats in charge of all state offices, both Senate seats,…
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EDITORIAL: Stop condemning religious expressions
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We can’t say whether God likes tattoos. We only know the law of the land protects them from censors. Tattoos long have been a point of contention in the military, which continues to carefully regulate…
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PERSPECTIVE: Reparations redux
A movement toward reparations for black Americans — government payments based on a recipient’s racial lineage — lingered on life support after voters chose Barack Obama for president in 2008 and 2012. Obama, a descendant of white slave owners, said his mother’s ancestry traced back to former Confederacy President Jefferson Davis. His father was a…
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PERSPECTIVE: Congress considers legalizing pot, repeating Colorado’s ‘big mistake’
April began with federal marijuana legalization passing the U.S. House of Representatives, and activists are pressing Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring it to a vote in the Senate ASAP. They want federal legalization before Democrats potentially lose control of Congress in November’s mid-term elections. The House passed the MORE Act on April 1…
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PERSPECTIVE: Critics claim modern segregation violates federal law
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stands among the most revolutionary laws in U.S. history. Critics of a new and growing “racial justice” movement say we don’t enforce it, live by it or respect it. The law’s tumultuous passage epitomizes the old comparison of legislatures and sausage factories. Leading Democrats filibustered the bill while others…
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PERSPECTIVE: The left poses new threats to charitable giving
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Americans are, beyond question, the most charitable people in the world. In this holiday season of giving, Gazette Editorial Page Editor Wayne Laugesen spoke with Elise Westhoff — president, CEO, and board member of the Philanthropy Roundtable — to discuss threats to the state of American charity and threats to the tradition. Laugesen: Tell us about some…
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COLUMN: How an old Black homeless man changed my heart
An old Black homeless street beggar changed my life as Christmas approached in the early 1990s. In the 1980s and ’90s, friends and foes compared me to Alex P. Keaton — the well-groomed conservative son of two liberal parents in the sitcom “Family Ties.” Like Alex, I dressed in a suit, groomed my hair, and…
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PERSPECTIVE: Governor’s massive spending proposal may frustrate the left and the right
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants to fit no conventional mold and his massive budget proposal — $40 billion for the fiscal year 2022-23 — reveals a man in seeming conflict with conservatives and the far-left base of his Democratic Party. Despite the record-setting spending proposal, Polis recently said the state income tax should go to…
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PERSPECTIVE: Rules for radical chic
A wise man told us to hold hands, unify, and try to understand each other. He won hearts and minds with logic and words. Another man suggested we forgo sharing ideas and working together. Simply attack opponents personally and professionally. Intimidate them, disorient them, dissuade them, throw them off their game. He told us to…
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PERSPECTIVE: How to fight the teachers’ union’s racist agenda
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When it comes to fighting back against woke indoctrination and critical race theory in schools, Ian Prior is perhaps the happiest of warriors. Prior is executive director of Fight for Schools, an organization dedicated to…