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According to the Colorado Health Information Dataset, 781 people died from gunshot wounds in Colorado in 2016, more than died from motor vehicle accidents. Of those killed with guns, 605 died by...
DATE: April 2, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – I’m a rock-ribbed conservative who wants Republicans to keep control of Congress. But I’m not unhappy that Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone lost the special election in...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I’ve been lamenting the news of the latest devastating round of layoffs at the already-decimated Denver Post. Well, I’m sick of lamenting. The question now is what can we do about it. After all,...
DATE: March 19, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
The Utah Headliners Sunshine Week is here, and we who value government transparency are again celebrating the laws that allow us to know what our local, state and federal governments are doing. But...
DATE: March 12, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Finally, it seems like our country is poised to start a real gun control debate, and it had better be more substantial than business-as-usual. It seems like a consensus could develop around...
DATE: March 8, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Friends, the time has come for our country to have a sane, reasonable conversation about gun control and the Second Amendment. The carnage and heartache simply is not stopping and soon enough...
DATE: March 8, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
If you’ve farmed, ranched or owned land in the West, you’ve probably participated in a few discussions about the greater sage-grouse and its imperiled habitat. After two years of relative quiet on...
DATE: March 5, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
On the opening day of the current legislative session, Senate Republicans introduced a $3.5 billion state transportation plan. If approved by voters in November, Senate Bill 18-001 will take aim...
DATE: March 1, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Remember “Common Core”? That term first appeared in 2010. It referred, at that time, to the controversial math and English language arts standards that Colorado, along with 41 other states, adopted...
DATE: March 1, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – He was easily the most influential evangelical Christian of the 20th century – a man at home in the historical company of George Whitefield and John Wesley. But this would be hard to...
DATE: Feb. 26, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
If you’ve ever gone to the opening day of your local farmers market only to find some of your favorite farmers aren’t in business anymore, you’re not alone. As a farmer myself, I’ve seen high...
DATE: Feb. 19, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
In 2012 Cortez was the recipient of a Heart & Soul grant awarded by the Orton Family Foundation (think Vermont Country Store). The focus was to develop a strategy for engaging all citizens,...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
