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EDITORIAL: Walk out, walk up, or walk in; just embrace the light of love
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Students will walk out of schools to protest gun violence on Wednesday’s one-month anniversary of the Florida school massacre. Others will “walk up” to those who need care, or “walk in” to spread “positivity” for…
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EDITORIAL: Walk out, walk up, or walk in; just embrace the light of love
Students will walk out of schools to protest gun violence on Wednesday’s one-month anniversary of the Florida school massacre. Others will “walk up” to those who need care, or “walk in” to spread “positivity” for 17 days. The variety of potential activities highlights the traditional interplay of activism and action in struggles for justice and…
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EDITORIAL: They could stage a school walkout for prayer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A nationwide school walkout Wednesday, to oppose school violence, raises a question. What if churches promote similar disruptions, so public school students can pray for peace? Visualize a walkout for Jesus. In a Gazette news…
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EDITORIAL: They could stage a school walkout for prayer
A nationwide school walkout Wednesday, to oppose school violence, raises a question. What if churches promote similar disruptions, so public school students can pray for peace? Visualize a walkout for Jesus. In a Gazette news article by Debbie Kelley, Cheyenne Mountain D-12 Superintendent Walt Cooper said he met with student organizers about logistics of the…
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EDITORIAL: Medicaid work requirement could help with labor crunch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado has a labor crunch, and it is about to get worse. It may be time for state politicians to consider a work requirement for able-bodied adults on Medicaid. At below 3 percent, Colorado’s unemployment…
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EDITORIAL: Medicaid work requirement could help with labor crunch
Colorado has a labor crunch, and it is about to get worse. It may be time for state politicians to consider a work requirement for able-bodied adults on Medicaid. At below 3 percent, Colorado’s unemployment ranks among the lowest in the country. All indicators show the economy remains white-hot, which makes it even harder for…
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EDITORIAL: Ten years of Benson takes CU to pinnacle
We have an idea for fixing higher education throughout the country, which has largely devolved into an embarrassing mess of declining enrollments, activism, and left-wing indoctrination disguised as academic instruction. It is simple. Clone University of Colorado President Bruce Benson and install him as president at each of the country’s 4,726 colleges and universities. The…
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EDITORIAL: Ten years of Benson takes CU to pinnacle
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We have an idea for fixing higher education throughout the country, which has largely devolved into an embarrassing mess of declining enrollments, activism, and left-wing indoctrination disguised as academic instruction. It is simple. Clone University of Colorado President Bruce Benson and install him as president…
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EDITORIAL: Make public pensions like private-sector plans
A bill overhauling Colorado’s public employee pension emerged in the Legislature on Wednesday, showing political will for meaningful change. Obstacle: the teacher’s union. The Public Employees’ Retirement Association was only 64.7 percent funded in 2010, when the Legislature enacted reforms to stabilize it. Eight years later, the pension’s assets equal only 58.1 percent of liabilities.…
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EDITORIAL: Make public pensions like private-sector plans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill overhauling Colorado’s public employee pension emerged in the Legislature on Wednesday, showing political will for meaningful change. Obstacle: the teacher’s union. The Public Employees’ Retirement Association was only 64.7 percent funded in 2010,…