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Offal is really quite fantastic for fashionistas, foodies, consumers, and cattle producers. About 56% of the weight of a steer slaughtered in the U.S. is comprised of cuts with which retail consumers are familiar. Roasts, steaks, and ground are the most recognizable cuts in the grocery meat case that most consumers know how to cook.…

As we have watched the fires wreak havoc in Southern California this month, we are reminded of how we live with the dangers of wildfire in our community daily. And, in southern Colorado, we know all too well the challenges these California communities now face in their recovery. These recent fires have generated questions from…

Every four years, Inauguration Day offers us a live civics lesson. It’s a moment not only for adults to reflect, but an opportunity to discuss with young people the state of our nation — and how we as citizens can help steer its future. Sadly, many Americans overlook these teachable moments such as the beginning…

As the new year unfolds, political attention will be focused on Washington, D.C. Just as important, if not more so, are the many eyes turning to Colorado as a leader in the innovation and governance of artificial intelligence, or AI. With the enactment of last year’s Senate Bill 24-205 — the state’s first-in-the-nation law implementing…

A warning to the left: obnoxious virtue signaling can be a two-way street. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has a nice warm office. So why instead hold a press conference out in the cold on the violence-ridden 16th Street Mall? Well, for image management, of course. What better way to show how safe and non-stabby the…

This past weekend, terror broke out in downtown Denver as Elijah Caudill carried out a brutal stabbing spree along the 16th Street Mall, killing two strangers and injuring two others. Caudill, a man with a documented history of violent behavior and repeated failures to comply with court orders, was inexplicably free despite multiple pending charges…

We’re a day from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, the commemoration of the birth of the famed civil rights leader, who died tragically in April 1968. But for those of us who prefer celebrating birthdays on a person’s actual birthday, you might want to take note that King was born Jan. 15, back…