Tag: opinion
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LETTERS: Free Kindergarten a sound fiscal decision; protect our children in schools
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A sound fiscal decision As a resident of Harrison School District 2, I support fully funding full-day Kindergarten. Although Harrison D-2 provides free full-day Kindergarten to any 5 year-old, passage of HB 1262 will free…
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LETTERS: Tyranny of the majority; contempt for the Constitution
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tyranny of the majority So, with the governor’s signature, we Coloradans have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. We must hope this misguided effort to subvert the Constitution does not succeed. The argument over the manner of choosing the president during the debates in…
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COLUMN: Resolve to spend less time on outrage
Have you made your New Year’s resolution? Many of us will resolve to create better health in our finances, fitness level or even our relationships. I wonder how many of us are looking for ways to protect our health when it comes to politics? Few I am afraid. We have not considered that our repeated…
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LETTERS: Speeding our way through life; shades of gray on abuse
Speeding our way through life As we recently reached a death toll of 600 traffic fatalities for 2018, it bears reflection on our driving and the pace of our lives. Driving gives us an outlet to “let it roll”, and it appears that there is never enough time to do what we want or get…
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COLUMN: Honeymoon over for “undocumented dwellers”
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In case you missed it, in the closing days of this year’s Colorado legislative session a long overdue bill was passed and signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Titled the “Protecting Homeowners and Deployed…
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COLUMN: When the man who started World War I came to visit
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One hundred twenty-five years ago this week — Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and empire, came to town. He arrived in Colorado Springs on Sept. 30, 1893, spent the day in Manitou…
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COLUMN: End the circus and confirm Kavanaugh
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The metaphorical public lynching of Judge Brett Kavanaugh by Democrats in Congress, liberals in the media and the lunatic fringe of the anti-Trump “Resistance” demonstrates that they will resort to the most foul means to…
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COLUMN: Keeping book buying local has value
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I paid more for a book this week than I needed to, and that choice matters a lot to the local economy. Small-business owners live and die on the outcome of such consumer decisions. Here’s…
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LETTERS: Bike lanes a waste of money; retire old coal-fired plants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cascade bike lanes a waste of money After reading multiple opinions about Cascade Avenue, one of our (former) most beautiful streets, I finally drove there to see for myself. And: What the ….. I was expecting a multitude of bicycle riders, well, at least a…
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COLUMN: Why it matters that Google’s gone AWOL
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The empty chair representing Google at last week’s Congressional testimony in Washington spoke volumes. The nation called, and Google opted out. This might otherwise be excused as an oversight. But it came on the heels…