Tag: thomas jefferson
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Coins, birds, snakes, divine signs come in different shapes | Live Well
I need as much good luck as the next person. But I’ll walk right on by a penny on the sidewalk. Sure, I’ll glance down to assess the monetary value of a spilled coin, but if Abraham Lincoln’s blinking up at me, I’ll say see you later, ol’ Abe, next time make it worth my…
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Voters must choose between ranked choice voting or two-party system | Bob Loevy
Colorado voters may want to think carefully before voting for ranked choice voting, a ballot issue in the general election this November. It will mean the end of the two-party system as we have known and practiced it in Colorado for almost 150 years. Ranked choice voting will do away with the Democratic Party primary…
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The interdependence at the heart of American independence | Vince Bzdek
Way up high in one of the gables of the Jefferson Memorial, a pediment sculpture depicts the renowned Committee of Five. The sculpture is a reminder that the Declaration of Independence was not the work of one man, Thomas Jefferson, but rather a close collaboration of five illustrious Founders. That’s right, the writing of our…
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Colorado Springs attorney creates board games inspired by historical events
Where better to conceive of a board game about jury selection than the courtroom? That’s where defense attorney Alex Berry started to think about the difference between winning and losing. “The facts are in place,” said Berry, owner and founder of Damascus Road Law Group. “The only thing I can change is convincing the jury…
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Is this the country our founders intended? | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Original sources!” American History professor T.K. Barton exhorted us, a cigarette always dangling from his mouth as he lectured. We Colorado College students were held captive more by the question of when the lengthening stalk of ashes might fall to the floor than by the…
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Is this the country our founders intended? | Vince Bzdek
“Original sources!” American History professor T.K. Barton exhorted us, a cigarette always dangling from his mouth as he lectured. We Colorado College students were held captive more by the question of when the lengthening stalk of ashes might fall to the floor than by the lecture itself most days, but T.K. got us to pay…