Tag: columnists
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Perspective: From marijuana to mushrooms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Aug. 26, The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety Center released alarming news: Young people are the top users of psychedelics, and most use the drugs simply for fun. The center also reported that…
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GUEST OPINION: Don’t pave Paradise to put up a parking lot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The shoe has finally dropped; Space Command is busy packing. Promises made, promises kept by President Donald Trump. The Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Ala., is rolling out the welcome mat. The sooner we get over…
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Don’t blame mail ballots for losing Space Command | Jimmy Sengenberger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Trump’s decision to uproot Space Command from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs and move it to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama rocked Colorado. Trump had a legitimate basis, but by dragging in…
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COLUMN: The perils of democratic socialism
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old who won the Democrat primary (endorsed by fellow socialists Bernie Sanders and AOC) is now the party’s wholly unqualified candidate for mayor of New York City. He’s a Muslim antisemite and Israel hater. In college, he co-founded the school’s chapter of…
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GUEST OPINION: Level the playing field for every child
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It starts with a whistle, a bouncing ball or the crunch of cleats on grass. For kids across Colorado, sports are often their first taste of teamwork, discipline and joy. But for far too many…
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COLUMN: The perils of democratic socialism
Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old who won the Democrat primary (endorsed by fellow socialists Bernie Sanders and AOC) is now the party’s wholly unqualified candidate for mayor of New York City. He’s a Muslim antisemite and Israel hater. In college, he co-founded the school’s chapter of the pro-Hamas “Students for Justice in Palestine,” and graduated with…
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COLUMN: A heavyweight governor’s race without precedent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ever notice how college football touts a “game of the century” about every other year? Just as I recall at least a half-dozen cases labeled the “trial of the century” in my lifetime. So it…
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Aurora’s disruptors sowed chaos, reaped nothing | Michael Hancock
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the past year, Aurora City Council meetings have been hijacked by activists whose message shifted as often as the headlines. What began as outrage over the SWAT-involved death of Kylin Lewis quickly mutated into…
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COLUMN: Rooting for passenger trains in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All aboard? Not just yet. But the dream is still alive for those of us hoping to one day board a train in downtown Colorado Springs, maybe with a backpack full of books and papers,…
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GUEST OPINION: What the Space Command HQ relocation means for Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As you likely know, the President announced this week that U.S. Space Command Headquarters will be moved out of El Paso County. I am opposed to this decision and determined to continue to fight to minimize the impacts on our community. While such a move…