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The push is on to strip big trees from our national forests

It didn’t get much notice, but President Donald Trump has turbocharged logging on public lands in ways that are likely to increase dangerous wildfire. Inside the “Big Beautiful Bill” that be...

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Medicare or Medicare Advantage? It’s complicated, make an informed choice with Montezuma LWV’s help

Traditional Medicare is a public insurance trust that pays private health care providers, using money collected through payroll taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Each mont...

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Peace is not all bad

DIAG 1 The year is 1274 BC. The Egyptian Empire is at its peak and its Pharaoh is Ramesses II. Even so, the Hittite Empire from modern-day Turkey is Egypt’s rival in the Middle-East. ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Think win-win, Part 2

Moving from theory to practice with the ‘Win-Win Waltz’

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Lessons from the Sandbox

Government growth got us into this mess, it won’t get us out

Like sunburns and mosquito swarms, the Special Legislative Session has become an unpleasant seasonal tradition in Colorado, courtesy of Gov. Jared Polis’ restless pen. For the third year in ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

HR1’s $1.2 billion impact on Colorado’s budget shifts costs to state, increases health care costs 30% to 40%

As we head into the last weeks of summer break, my family has been preparing for back-to-school, and now I’m prepping for back-to-the-Capitol for Special Session. Before I head back to Denve...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Tuck in your elbows

What is white’s best move? DIAG 1 Boxers hold their arms and hands close to their body so as to shield themselves from attack. Tucked-in elbows, for example, protect the ribs and vital ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Trade wars

What is black’s best move?

DATE: Aug 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Honored to serve as Chair for Indian and Insular Affairs

When I was elected to Congress, I promised to bring rural Colorado’s voice to Washington and to make sure our communities – especially those often overlooked – would be heard. That’s why I’m...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Strategy and tactics

Black to move and win “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory,” opined Sun Tzu in the Art of War. “Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Please try to find ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner

Dulins Dodgers claim first Connie Mack World Series title, beat Renegades 5-2

Landon Collins hurls complete game and picks up tournament MVP award

DATE: Aug 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Wild farming, ranching and gardening – strategies in rewilding local foodsheds

In January 2008, just after a meeting of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition at Asilomar on the gorgeous mid-California Coast, I set out to explore one of our nation’s breadbaskets – or be...

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion