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The eternal pardon that Christ offers

During the American Revolution, a pastor named Peter Miller endured the incessant insults of a man named Michael Wittman. Wittman could not stand the Christian faith of the parson Miller. ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Appreciating our winter wonderland

Southwest Colorado offers many recreational activities in the winter. From ice climbing to skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and snowmobiling, you can do it all in our little corner of the ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Advice to newcomers to Southwest Colorado

Five years ago I moved here from South Carolina leaving my family, garden and yard (where if I stuck a half-dead plant in the ground it always thrived), my job teaching mathematics at Columb...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

As year begins, try letting go

We begin another year. We put an arbitrary mark on the calendar. It is a date the world agrees on, and we say we’ve entered a New Year. Tracking the passage of time beginning at Greenwich, ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Three obstacles that the hopeful face

Hope for the future often exists as the sole reason for most of us to go on living. Hope inspires us, attracts us, and gives us a reason to get up every morning. Without hope for the future,...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Remember our vets as holiday lights go up

'Tis the season. Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and then the shopping mania will begin. Sometimes I think that we have forgotten what Christmas is all about. I...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Add to holidays’ joy with a wild tree

The time of year has come to begin thinking about Christmas trees. Not everyone cares about this topic, but for those who do, it can be very serious. Fir trees tend to be a popul...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Health-care act issues not new

A report documenting the history of Medicare Part D was released this year by health-policy experts at Georgetown University. It highlighted several areas where Medicare Part D struggled in ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Remember our soldiers as holiday lights go up

’Tis the season. Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and then the shopping mania will begin. Sometimes I think that we have forgotten what Christmas is all about. In this great...

DATE: Nov 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Comet ISON: Coming to a sky near you

From now through mid-December of 2013, all over the world, a brand-new comet will become visible to the naked eye in our morning skies before dawn. This morning comet is named ISON, and this...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Route 66: Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Poster child comes up short

Conservative groups are highlighting the case of Michael Cerpok, who has leukemia, whose insurance plan was canceled because it didn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. A news...

DATE: Nov 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists