41°
Name:
Screen name:
Email:
I attended the Summit on Education Reform in Nashville, Tennessee. Jeb Bush opened the conference and repeated a quote from the first conference in 2008: “The country’s school system is an 8-track...
DATE: Dec. 29, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – What I most dislike about the Trump/Republican tax plan is the shameless cynicism with which it has been peddled. Recall how it works: The government borrows $1.5 trillion over a...
DATE: Dec. 25, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
The sun is just up here in Western Colorado, another brilliant blue sky day, which makes me think of you in Washington, far from the canyons, mesas and mountains where you grew up. It must feel...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
If you believe the old Christmas carol, this is “the most wonderful time of the year.” I believe that it is. I love all things Christmas – the lights, the music, the food, the hustle-bustle of...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came to the West last week like “Bad Santas” bearing a sack of coal for residents of Utah and Colorado. They came to announce a weakening...
DATE: Dec. 11, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – We don’t necessarily need an economic boom, but that’s what we may be getting. Since the 2016 election, the stock market is up roughly 24 percent, reports Wilshire Associates. The...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
This past week the House of Representatives took a historical step forward and passed a comprehensive tax reform package. The last time the tax code was reformed was 1986, and since then it has...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – Most Americans likely think that our trade policies have been largely the same since the Republic’s earliest days. The assumptions are that we’re free traders now and always have...
DATE: Nov. 29, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Our community has always helped support something that would benefit us all. The Montezuma County Historical Society has been offered the use of the social services building south of the courthouse...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Recently Colby Earley, the city’s Recycling Coordinator, made a presentation to Cortez City Council on changes in the city’s recycling program. Why the changes? In August, China announced to the...
DATE: Nov. 16, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – If you want to understand why the tax code is so hard to overhaul, consider the case of the mortgage interest deduction. The issue is so sensitive that the House and Senate are dealing...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
SINGAPORE – The tragic terror attack in New York was the kind of isolated incident by one troubled man that should not lead to generalizations. In the 16 years since 9/11, the city has proved...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
