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So the world’s most successful political party ends

NEW YORK – Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s f...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

Building a healthier community by promoting mental health

In Southwest Colorado, we count ourselves fortunate to call this beautiful place our home. Our small communities are part of vital ecosystem that allows us to thrive in our daily lives and c...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: County Administrator

Fed shouldn’t pick a fight with President Trump

WASHINGTON – ”To the barricades.” That’s one way of characterizing Bill Dudley’s recent proposal that the Federal Reserve fight back against President Trump’s attacks. Although it’s a bad id...

DATE: Sep 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Renewing old friendships

Drought, fire, snow, heavy runoffs, pestilence and helping to pay for orthopedic surgeons’ children to go to college forced me to ignore two good friends. Those friends are Lime Creek and Cu...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

The Old South gets a new kind of college president

CHARLESTON, S.C. – From a childhood laboring in China’s cotton and wheat fields to the presidency of the College of Charleston, Andrew Hsu’s story is anything but ordinary. His ex...

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Not just a machine, he’s the Lamborghini of gaffes

WASHINGTON – There is no surer way to convince people you are going nuts than to stand in front of a crowd and announce that you are not going nuts. “I want to be clear: I’m not g...

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

New school launches a new century in Cortez

Editor’s note: Following are two articles about the Calkins Building, published by the Montezuma Journal, that were written at the beginning of the school year and after the first class ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Here’s why we may be underspending on defense

WASHINGTON – I’ve written several columns this year on military spending, contending – against conventional wisdom – that we don’t spend more than the next eight countries combined, includin...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Trump’s presidency not unfolding, it’s unraveling

WASHINGTON – Historians studying the Trump presidency will have a prodigious amount of digital material that demands examination but defies explanation. The president’s Aug. 21, half-hour, S...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Agent Orange exposure in the Republic of Vietnam waters

Blue Water Navy veterans are now entitled to a presumption of service connection for conditions related to Agent Orange exposure. This extension of the presumption is a result of...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Cagle Cartoons

Who will be the fall guys for the next recession?

WASHINGTON – To have a recession or not – that is the question. It also encompassed last week’s most important political news, notwithstanding all the public attention understanda...

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

On China and trade, Trump’s reputation sinks

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump sold himself to the American public as an expert deal-maker. At the top of his list was a promised trade bargain with China that would boost U.S. exports and remedy...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson