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Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, commemorates the presence and contributions of 60 million Hispanic people in the U.S. There is no d…
”I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger…
Constitution Day, which falls on Monday, is the national observance holiday that most Americans never heard of. Yet this year, it might well b…
The empty chair representing Google at last week’s Congressional testimony in Washington spoke volumes. The nation called, and Google opted out.
Is literacy a right? Some Detroit students believe that it is. Their class-action suit claimed that the state had blocked them from achieving …
Americans hired President Trump as a disruptor, not as their priest, rabbi or shaman.
One year ago this week, President Donald Trump instructed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce the administration’s plans to end the Def…
The fires burning our beloved state and beyond are on everyone’s mind. Since June 1, The Gazette has published more than 50 articles about mul…
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, 5779, starts at sundown tonight, Sept. 9. It begins the Ten Days of Repentance, when God and each of us Je…
Here we go again. New NFL controversy about kneeling during football games. For anyone who has been hiding under a rock over the last few days…
Jack Phillips, owes Autumn Scardina and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission a thank you. If that surprises you, keep reading.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor the true history of this region. Aug. 31 marked the 239th anniversary of an event that occurred in wh…
It’s useful to reflect on the past. What happened to me when I came home from Vietnam in August 1968 happened to other soldiers. The rejection…
Are you vexed with the governor’s race? I know that I am.
With baker Jack Phillips in the news again, this time over refusing to bake a cake celebrating an individual’s coming out as trans, this would…
As a former elementary school teacher, I believe that teachers should get paid more. And as a father of three, I want my kid’s teachers to be …
As the sun sets over Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies, a red-hued alpenglow blankets the peaks and cli…
As summer begins to draw to a close, many of us will spend our spare time recreating on our nearby public lands. Public lands are not only vas…
Quick: When you learned US News ranked Colorado Springs as its #1 place to live (for cities with population under a million), what was your re…
What is the latest headline coming out of Washington? I don’t know.
It sucks. Any way you cut it, I know that’s what more than 2,000 people, including participants, volunteers and officials, were thinking on Sa…
We were on the big jet, but then they told us to get off. Quickly, we filed out of the plane and sheltered in the revetment next to the runway…
Alexander Hamilton believed it was his “duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be,” a principle Xcel Energy ratepayers are s…
Last year, my good friend Terry Martinez retired from School District 11 after 31 years as a teacher, coach and principal. During that long ca…
As a lawyer, engineer, and mother, I care deeply about education. I am far from alone, of course. Education is a daily kitchen-table issue for…