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EDITORIAL: Stop letting weapons into children’s schools
The police chief of Madison, Wis., had the horrible task of addressing the public within hours of the country’s latest school shooting Monday. His unfortunate and emotional view of metal detectors should change the way we proceed with school safety. Authorities say 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow killed two fellow students and injured six before taking her…
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PERSPECTIVE: 2 Colorado politicians want to heal the Divided States of America
The United States is bitterly divided culturally and politically. Our constant state of rancor may be among a few observations all can see and hope to end. As Russian troops murder children and commit other war crimes, it may be an opportunity for people in the United States to see their similarities and their common…
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EDITORIAL: Celebrate heroes who shoot the bad guys
During a maniac’s shooting spree Monday in the Denver metro area, Lakewood Police Officer Ashley Ferris risked her life to save others. She took at least one bullet and is expected to survive. God only knows how many lives she spared by putting herself on the brink of death. It reminds us of another great…
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EDITORIAL: Biden’s first actions desecrate his words
Love. Unity. One nation of care and compassion for all. Those were the inspiring messages of President Joe Biden during his Jan. 20 inauguration speech. In 11 days of action, Biden has mocked his words. Consider a few excerpts: • “I will be president for all Americans.” • “The American story depends not on any…
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EDITORIAL: Ask President Biden to fix what Trump broke
It ain’t rocket science to persuade President Joe Biden how former President Donald Trump was wrong. With that in mind, Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper should insist on an immediate, in-person meeting with Biden. Topic: Space Command, nothing more. The meeting should include Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, appropriate members…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado ranks high as family-friendly place, but could do better
Fifteenth place in a field of 50 is nothing to celebrate. That’s Colorado’s ranking in WalletHub’s 2021 list of “Best and Worst States to Raise a Family.” The Centennial State falls just below Wisconsin and one notch above Illinois. There is a sliver of good news in this ranking. In 15th place, Colorado stands heads…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado AG Phil Weiser crusades to protect free speech from social media monopolies
As free speech comes under attack, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser plans to save it. When social media services emerged on the scene, they glorified and leveraged free speech as protected in the First Amendment. Suddenly, thanks to computer technology and the internet, everyone had a veritable printing press. Rich and poor alike could develop…
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EDITORIAL: More local control may hedge against oppression
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “All politics is local,” implored former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Town leaders in Monument, a bedroom community for Denver and Colorado Springs, don’t want to lose businesses to the state’s on-again-off-again COVID-19 shutdowns. In Monument, when a business owner struggles or goes…
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EDITORIAL: More local control may hedge against oppression
“All politics is local,” implored former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Town leaders in Monument, a bedroom community for Denver and Colorado Springs, don’t want to lose businesses to the state’s on-again-off-again COVID-19 shutdowns. In Monument, when a business owner struggles or goes under it means a friend and neighbor in peril. “The…
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EDITORIAL: This Christmas, we can overwhelm evil with good
This will be a Christmas unlike any we have known, with fewer large family gatherings and crowded worship services. Under any condition, it is no less the day 2.2 billion people — more than a quarter of the world’s population — celebrate the birth of Christ, the son of God sent to the earth to…