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Believe it or not, as bicycle advocates, we agree that traffic congestion is not good, as stated by The Gazette editorial board (The Gazette, …
Pulling in for a pit stop at Raton, N.M., population 6,066. Time to gas up, point the car east and drive until Google says stop. Raton is a bu…
This is the season when we celebrate the voice of conscience. This celebration is unique in the world, and springs from our spiritual inheritance.
Good leadership is seriously lacking in 2019. I realize that this is a bold statement. Researchers agree. Only half of Americans report confid…
The Pikes Peak Library District has unfortunately been dragged onto the battlefield in the community’s war over homelessness. And the fog in t…
A recent letter to the editor in the Denver Post criticized a column by Krista Kafer headlined, “More school choice ahead for Colorado?” Kafer…
In the opening day of this year’s annual session of the Legislature, outgoing speaker Crisanta Duran and her replacement, K.C. Becker (D, Boul…
There is no doubt that the opioid crisis is one of the worst drug epidemics to ever sweep the country, killing almost 50,000 people last year …
Since it is such a popular subject right now, let’s talk about impeachment.
Donald Trump certainly has a way with words. Words that hit you in the gut, whether you agree or disagree. The very same words that rouse his …
In 1978, Proposition 13 cut California’s property taxes 65 percent. It won 64 percent voter approval.
Like many others, our family is recovering from holiday travel. We spent the past week with my side of the family, and when it was time to go,…
Even though our state’s economy is ranked No. 1 in the nation, too many Coloradans are being left behind. I believe that, as a state, we shoul…
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.
Stories of giving are often the most treasured memories of the holiday season. We have all heard, if not been a part of, a story of holiday gi…
Change in the Southeast is happening. While running for office and being elected in 2017 as the City Council District 4 representative, there …
In 2013, I received a call from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asking me, as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to support a pilot…
It was not the same as the famous WWI Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front, when French and British soldiers came out of the trenches …
Dear President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania,
Tis the season for all of us to reflect on the past year’s deeds. And while we’re counting recent additions to the “naughty” and “nice” column…
The California Public Utilities Commission’s recently aborted plan to tax text messages, if resurrected, will fail miserably on multiple front…
The Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Children, Youth and Families just published Colorado Guidelines for Selecting Effective Me…
Am I crazy or am I seeing homeless people everywhere? I suspect that you have been seeing them, too.
Taxpayers in Monument overwhelming rejected debt and tax increases to fund a new 600+ seat elementary school that would have cost about $65 mi…
The recent passing and many well-deserved tributes to former President George Herbert Walker Bush speaks to the greatness of a man who represe…