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EDITORIAL: 3D guns need a common sense approach
For the moment, we seem to have avoided the sum of all fears. At least, that’s what’s being said now that a federal judge in Seattle has barred the blueprints for 3-D printed firearms from being distributed online. Cody Wilson, founder of the Austin, Texas-based startup Defense Distributed, prepared to market the blueprints in 2013,…
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EDITORIAL: Heart of the west seen at rodeo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This week, the countdown begins to Colorado Spring’s authentic western rodeo. The only rodeo that features real working cowboys, as opposed to specialist athletes. Events start Friday, Aug. 17, with the annual longhorn cattle drive…
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EDITORIAL: Heart of the west seen at rodeo
This week, the countdown begins to Colorado Spring’s authentic western rodeo. The only rodeo that features real working cowboys, as opposed to specialist athletes. Events start Friday, Aug. 17, with the annual longhorn cattle drive through downtown. Then the day wraps up with dinner and drinks with the rodeo teams, along with bourbon tasting and…
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EDITORIAL: Justice Department will uphold the First Amendment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s hate crime against baker Jack Philips won’t go quietly into a footnote of history, as an isolated miscarriage of justice we can forget. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 4 ruling against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case has fueled a religious liberties…
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EDITORIAL: Jared Polis opposes Colorado jobs and wages — again
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Our military personnel work too hard for too little, and Rep. Jared Polis voted to keep it that way Thursday. The Democratic nominee for Colorado governor, Polis voted against a 2.6 percent pay raise for troops. Despite his no vote, 139 other Democrats voted for…
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EDITORIAL: Truth matters to Facebook and to the rest of us
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Truth matters. That would seem a no-brainer to most. But the unfortunate reality is that, far too often, we find ourselves trading truth for convenience, especially when the truth doesn’t improve ratings or suit our agendas. The funny thing about truth is that it “has…
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EDITORIAL: While the nation watches Putin, China is another wolf at the door
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With talk still raging and fumes still simmering after the antics of President Trump and the Kremlin, let’s not forget about the cunning fly on the wall. Amidst the uproar over Russia, we should remember…
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EDITORIAL: A game changer for city’s downtown
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Visualize a vibrant, thriving downtown Colorado Springs with the excitement that you can feel in many downtowns around the nation. Long-time Springs residents know how little our downtown has changed over the years. It hasn’t kept pace with our rapidly growing area. Until recently downtown…
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EDITORIAL: Lessons learned from scale models of socialism
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a story that’s circulated for some time about an economics professor who conducted a semester-long class experiment. He decided that each student would receive the class’ average grade. At the end of week one,…
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EDITORIAL: Support survivors of tragedy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No parent should ever have to bury their child. Now we watch as Tia Coleman suffers the loss of three of her own, along with the loss of her husband, sister-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, nephew, and…