Author: John Cooke
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GUEST COLUMN: Misguided justice ‘reforms’ endanger us all
“The Year of the Criminal” — that’s what I recently dubbed this year’s legislative session on the floor of the Senate as we debated a measure to allow young adults convicted of murder to participate in a parole program intended for juveniles. It troubles me that this was just one of many misguided attempts at…
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POINT/COUNTER: Should state employees be able to share immigrant information with ICE?
Point: John Cooke We have a crisis at our southern border. Detention facilities are operating at over 100% capacity, and the pictures taken by Republican senators who visited reveal abysmal conditions. Last week, children were filmed being thrown over a 10-foot wall. Now, overwhelmed with the surge, the Biden administration is releasing many of those…
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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Is crime getting worse in Colorado?
Point: John Cooke Colorado is under the grip of two concurrent epidemics; COVID-19, and crime. Both are taking their toll in terms of irrevocable financial loss and lives severely disrupted or even cut short; but only one – the crime epidemic – is largely self-inflicted. The numbers — taken from any reliable source, including the…
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GUEST OPINION: No regulation without representation
It’s always wise to be wary when Washington offers to do you a “favor.” As with the money Washington sends our way, there’s almost always strings attached or a trap door hidden somewhere. And so it is with the “favor” President Barack Obama did for states when he seeks to impose a national “Clean Power…