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EDITORIAL: Media suffer selective Klan Outrage Syndrome
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The New York Times and other elements of the Democratic Party want to mire Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton in nonsensical noise about the Ku Klux Klan. They want the Republican gubernatorial candidate answering questions…
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EDITORIAL: After months of unrest, U.S. might win the trade war
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Finally, some results. After more than three months of back-and-forth, the President of the European Commission — an extension of the EU — has arranged to visit President Donald Trump and begin what is sure to be a long series of negotiations. The purpose? To…
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EDITORIAL: A fair NATO starts with U.S.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “NATO countries must pay MORE, the United States must pay LESS,” reads a July 10 tweet from @realDonaldTrump. And looking at the numbers, it’s easy to agree. Last year, the United States spent $686 billion…
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EDITORIAL: Oppose collective bargaining for city employees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Firefighters save property and lives. That’s why the electorate wants politicians to pay them good salaries and benefits. We have rank-and-file firefighters and paramedics who, with overtime, earn six-figure wages that exceed the mayor’s pay…
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EDITORIAL: Draw new mascot for Rookie League baseball team
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When losing status, own it with style. Colorado Springs and its minor league baseball team entertain no pretension in finding a new name for the Sky Sox, as they transition next year from Triple-A to Rookie League stature. The team wanted name suggestions from fans…
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EDITORIAL: CU’s Benson, a leader hard to replace
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save University of Colorado President Bruce Benson on Wednesday announced his retirement, effective in a year. Benson celebrated his 10-year presidential anniversary in March, and turned 80 on the Fourth of July. Benson has disrupted and reinvented higher education in a manner other universities hope to…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado Springs mayor signs ‘Fix Our Damn Roads’ petition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mayor John Suthers last week signed a petition for the “Fix Our Damn Roads” ballot measure, which would fund swift improvements to Colorado highways without a tax increase. Voters would force the state to bond $3.5 billion to fund widening of I-25 and a list…
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EDITORIAL: Trump caves to Vladimir Putin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Trump won the 2016 election by portraying himself as the strong leader America needed. But on Monday in Helsinki, standing beside a smiling Vladimir Putin, Trump proved himself weak. When asked repeatedly and directly to condemn Putin’s meddling in the 2016 election — a…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado Springs leaders make life-saving decision
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs government wisely ended its negotiations Thursday with Priority Ambulance service, which wants to replace American Medical Response. The Gazette’s editorial board published an editorial April 1 expressing concerns about Priority. “The city should…
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EDITORIAL: ACLU wants judges to make new laws
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said judges “must interpret the law, not make the law.” If Kavanaugh means it, he cannot torture liberals with new laws they hate. He cannot create new laws to appease President Donald Trump and reward him for the appointment. Oddly,…