Tag: guest column
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What happened to common decency? | Guest column
By Tricia Tennesen Leo Tolstoy wrote, “If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you are a human being.” I am a human being. One who loves to read, which places me deeply into others’ minds, often empathizing with their struggles and fears. During the COVID-19 masking, the Mr. and…
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Too Late to Pull the Plug? | Guest Column
By Bob Carnein For several decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Americans have gradually ceded control over their lives to creeping corporatism. From health care to regulation of food producers, from public safety to war and propaganda, and from environmental issues to the focus of government scientific research, corporations have been given powers that…
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Too Late to Pull the Plug? | Guest Column
By Bob Carnein For several decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Americans have gradually ceded control over their lives to creeping corporatism. From health care to regulation of food producers, from public safety to war and propaganda, and from environmental issues to the focus of government scientific research, corporations have been given powers that…
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The power of the people: Civilian watchdogs preserve freedom | Guest column
Freedom is not guarded only in courts, elections or headlines. It’s guarded in the ordinary places where power is exercised: local boards and commissions — water, fire, library, planning, city council, county commissioners. Those are the rooms where budgets are set, contracts awarded, policies interpreted and rules bent — or enforced. When those rooms are…
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Response to immigration and protests | Guest column
By Pat Miller A recent editorial criticized those protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policies, asserting that deportees are not “immigrants,” but rather “contract breakers” (overstayed visas) or “scofflaws” (border jumpers). This narrow perspective contradicts the Merriam-Webster definition of an immigrant as “a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence” and implies…
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Clarifying the record and looking ahead | Guest column
By Michael B. Perini, ABC On Dec. 17, The Courier published the article, “Audit of RE-2 finds disparities.” Because that article referenced Merit Academy in incomplete ways and, in several cases, incorrectly, it is crucial to provide our families, community and taxpayers with clarity, accuracy and context. First and foremost, Merit Academy was never contacted by the…
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The biggest parade ever | Guest column
In the “Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”, the Woodland Park community consistently shows up big in all aspects for the annual Lights Above The Clouds Parade. This year was no exception as there were 60 floats plus other parade participants. The biggest ever! The parade was capped off by the much-anticipated event at the…
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Response to immigration and the rule of law | Guest column
By Holly Sample Pikes Peak Courier Editor Doug Fitzgerald’s December 10 commentary regarding the rule of law and rhetoric concerning immigration enforcement may simply be an attempt to gin up some public controversy now that the RE 2 School Board election is over and Letters to the Editor have dried up. Or it may reflect…
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Thoughts on unions and immigration | Guest column
It seems senseless that some still oppose unions. Unions enabled the middle class to exist, without which the economy, most especially small businesses, would barely exist. Unions enabled living wages, health benefits, vacations, better housing through the growth of the construction industry, the rise of the American automotive industry, better education for all children, and…
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Epstein files controversy exposes larger issues | Guest column
By Holly Sample Jeffery Epstein is everywhere. While Republicans, Democrats, unaffiliated politicians, pundits, survivors and the rest of us all want to know what is in the Department of Justice files, labeling these efforts as bipartisan is misleading. The recent release of 20,000 pages of emails has underscored that the culture of abuse and pedophilia…