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It’s Holy Week, time once again to remember the price paid — suffering, passion, and death — for the resurrection. It doesn’t matter if you ar…
What’s the true measure of a society?
I never thought I would write a story about a tank on a mountain, but I just did. I didn’t do it alone, and as it turns out, that matters to a…
Let’s talk about race in a specific area of politics. As more states create “pro-life” legislation I think that we will need to consider the u…
You probably remember that kid on the playground who wanted to make himself look like the tough guy — the boss of everyone. Kids like this typ…
At last, the first signs of spring. Trees budding. Grass getting green. People pushing carts filled with their meager belongings. Long lines o…
When we have sessions of the Colorado Military Veterans’ Community Dialogues, I tell people that there are veterans, and then there are combat…
Have you heard? The National Youth Rights Association is working with select politicians to lower the voting age to 16. Even after successfull…
Widespread agreement exists that Colorado is facing a housing affordability crisis. But opinions differ on how to tackle the problem.
There’s a saying that has unfortunately only been relegated to bumper stickers and power point presentations: We don’t inherit the earth from …
In 2007, China successfully destroyed one of its own satellites to reveal its growing military capabilities in space. In the 12 years since, t…
Proverbs 26:27 says it very clearly: “He who digs a pit falls into it; and the stone will come back upon him who rolls it.” In Psalm 7 the psa…
The core problem with the Democratic state legislators’ plan to fundamentally change our laws governing the oil and gas industry is the imprec…
Voter suppression efforts are alive and well in Colorado.
He was a small brown-skinned man, dressed in a short-sleeve plaid cotton shirt and blue jeans, an outfit that was almost his uniform, he wore …
Nearly nothing is as core to the male psyche than the ability to start a good fire. It’s almost a cliche, perhaps some deeply ingrained residu…
This month, Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf championed a list of 38 economists who support his proposal to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $…
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has always positioned himself as a steadfast supporter of the military and an opponent of action on global warming. In …
Empowered by their recent sweep of the state Legislature and governor’s mansion, Colorado Democrats are showing their true stripes.
The television news cycle was crazy Tuesday. A MSNBC anchor compared the “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s charges being dropped to Attorney Ge…
A very significant historical anniversary is coming up. On Good Friday, April 22, 1519, Hernan Cortez founded La Villa Rica de la Veracruz, Th…
The real “No Man’s Land” was the deadly zone between World War I’s opposing armies, and its frightening title indicated that no human being co…
An activist group called Denver Homeless Out Loud managed to gather 9,000 petition signatures to get Initiative 300 on Denver’s ballot in May.…
Senate Bill 181 is the latest attempt by special interests to impose stringent regulations on the oil and gas industry. An earlier attempt, In…
The blizzard last week hit parts of El Paso County hard. Fortunately, our county roads folks were out here, even in far eastern El Paso County…