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TEST 1 Primary voters rejected big money in politics | Paula Noonan

Updated 2 weeks ago

While we’re in an election campaign lull between now and Labor Day, we have time to consider the impact of $102 million in campaign contributions...

Candidate’s disturbing anti-animal agriculture history | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 months ago

Rep. Manny Rutinel has busted out a cowboy hat for campaign photos and has thrown it into the ring to represent Colorado’s 8th Congressional District in D.C. He is...

Graduates: Your degree is worthless without valuable life skills

Updated 2 months ago

SAN DIEGO — Commencement season transports me back two decades to a graduation speech I was honored to give at a university in my...

Why I’m voting Democrat | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 months ago

It makes no sense to be a Republican in Colorado. Or a Democrat for that matter. On the day I turned 18, even before I...

When it come to math, just do it | Pius Kamau

Updated 2 months ago

Should autonomous weapons be allowed to kill?

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Five cultural lies people accept as being true | Paul Batura

Updated 2 months ago

The “launchpad generation” and the three A’s | Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 months ago

Michael Bennet’s campaign for governor: A closer look at record and experience | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 months ago

CPW has a weighty decision to make on a recent wolf kill | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 months ago

Is Jared Polis turning into Dick Lamm? | Jon Caldara

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A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

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Moderates are not our salvation | Mike Rosen

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Investigating the issue of medical mistrust in Black communities | Rachel Stovall

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Why Biaggi’s failed and In-N-Out succeeds | Paul Batura

Updated 2 months ago

Although recent headlines might leave you with a different impression, more new restaurants open each year than old ones close – although in recent years,...

Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case?| Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 months ago

If you were in a child custody dispute with a former spouse, would you hire an attorney with experience in family law or would you...

Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what’s best for the people | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 months ago

The Republican Party I grew up knowing was the party of small business, big business, and job creation. It was the party that signed paychecks...

Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 months ago

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has learned a lot after 20 years in the Senate. He is an accomplished dancer — at the old Washington, D.C., two-step of saying one thing but...

Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 months ago

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy

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Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

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The Air Force Academy is a bargain you can’t beat | Paul Batura

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A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction | Eric Sondermann

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Memorial Day is for remembering the fallen | Joe Barrera

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Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel

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Getting to the root of the evil that is dominating our country

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Too much Tina | Jon Caldara

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Too much ado about Tina Peters | Jon Caldara

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Be The People campaign hopes to reignite American spirit | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 months ago

“If we want to be We the People, then we need to Be the People.” That’s the battle cry of a collection of more than...

Remember the local soldiers who helped save the Union | Paul Batura

Updated 3 months ago

This Memorial Day weekend, Americans will be commemorating the nearly 1.4 million lives lost in wars and conflicts since the country’s founding 250 years ago....

Public school teacher strikes are intolerable | Mike Rosen

Updated 3 months ago

The recent strike by unionized public school teachers in the Sheridan School District finally ended after 28 days, Colorado’s longest teacher strike in 45 years....

Local area Cinco de Mayo efforts are noticeably unique | Rachel Stovall

Updated 3 months ago

Every year in May, the same question is asked across America: What exactly is Cinco de Mayo? For some, it is just an excuse for restaurant specials, margaritas, and themed parties....