Tag: guest columnists
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COLUMNIST: Obama’s doubletalk on political dissent
President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It’s the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told Chinese students he welcomed unfettered criticism in America. Fierce opposition, he said, made him “a better leader because…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Environmentalist clowns threatening human life
Climate change threatens our nation. Pollution is the cause. We must reverse course now to save future generations from misery. Contrary to environmentalist hysteria, the problem is not carbon dioxide warming the earth. Instead, our political climate of freedom suffers the pollution of environmentalist controls of our industrial economy. On November 18, environmentalists…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Springs CVB performs vital, complex role promoting city
City Council, facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, made the decision to reduce the City’s contract for promotional services with Experience Colorado Springs at Pikes Peak, the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) by nearly $600,000 or about 25%. News of this reduction in CVB funding has led some to question the role and value of…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Springs CVB performs vital, complex role promoting city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save City Council, facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, made the decision to reduce the City’s contract for promotional services with Experience Colorado Springs at Pikes Peak, the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) by nearly $600,000…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Is science denial intellectually honest in our modern world?
A hundred years ago, most people might have reasonably assumed that science played little or no role in their lives. If they lived on a farm, they might have lived and worked essentially as their ancestors had a hundred or two hundred years before, and so lived lives unchanged by the burgeoning science of their…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Legislative branch, not courts, must manage school finance
I was hoping the Colorado Supreme Court had read the Colorado Constitution. Article IX, section 2 clearly mandates that “the General Assembly …. provide for the establishment and maintenance of a thorough and uniform system of free public school throughout the state…” The liberals on the Supreme Court, Justices Michael Bender, Mary Mullarkey, Alex Martinez…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: In these difficult times, a necessary shared sacrifice
When Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and I first took office in January 2007, we made education our top priority. We vowed to reduce the dropout rate, close achievement gaps and increase the number of in-state students who earn a college degree. Over the past three years, we’ve made great progress. Working together with our partners…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: In these difficult times, a necessary shared sacrifice
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and I first took office in January 2007, we made education our top priority. We vowed to reduce the dropout rate, close achievement gaps and increase the number of in-state…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Budget reform won’t turn Colorado into California
There’s a story going around that’s so scary it ought to be told only in a whisper: If Colorado tries to untangle the conflicts in its budget, it will end up like … California. No self-respecting state would want that. The massive budget cuts, the IOUs, the celebrity governor autographing government-surplus sale items … yikes!…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Budget reform won’t turn Colorado into California
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a story going around that’s so scary it ought to be told only in a whisper: If Colorado tries to untangle the conflicts in its budget, it will end up like … California. No…