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Planting the seeds of independence: It’s all in the dirt

Why aren’t fundamental life skills a standard part of secondary school education — tools young people need to ensure their independence as adults? If they can feed, clothe and provide shelter for themselves and their families, ...

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There are a variety of ways to detect intoxicated drivers

The last couple of weeks I’ve been getting a lot of questions about driving under the influence, which I tend to believe are spurred from the recent contact by Denver law enforcement with Western Slope representative Laura Bradford. It ...

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GOP races for a cure for Komen Foundation blunder

A shock ran through women of every political persuasion when the Komen for the Cure Foundation announced it was terminating its long support for Planned Parenthood. The proffered reason was because Planned Parenthood’s use of federal ...

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Nasal surgery and the face of Mesa County politics

Hello, nose. Meet face. Hope the knife was sharp and the slice swift. Cutting off your nose to spite your face is the first thing that comes to mind in the unfolding saga of state Rep. Laura Bradford’s Denver traffic stop, her resulting ...

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Taking STOCK of pipelines, politicians, energy ownership

The proposed STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge), passed by the U.S. Senate Thursday, appears to be little more than an election-year ploy. The proposed act has been introduced and reintroduced over the past six years, and ...

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Will Mitt Romney fight? Newt found out in Florida

The prevailing critique of Mitt Romney among Republicans who can’t yet bring themselves to support the former Massachusetts governor is that he’s too bland to be inspirational, too packaged and buttoned-down to appeal to the ...

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Greed may apply to governments,

The term “greed” gets thrown around a lot lately and I suppose it has to do with the election, but it seems pretty selective. For instance, on the television chat show “The View” recently, the ladies were busy ...

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Legislative immunity wrong at all levels of government

When Rep. Laura Bradford allows the Colorado Constitution to grant her immunity from arrest for suspected drunk driving, it implies that her legislative office puts her above the law. Accepting the option for legislative immunity at the ...

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Facts and opinion too often confused in high-tech media

Anyone else tired of the non-presidential debates that seem to have become the end all and be all in the GOP primary? We’re all familiar with the spectacle of a bunch of guys (since Michelle Bachmann exited) standing around on a stage, ...

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Federal study will be critical for use of the Colorado River

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John McPhee once wrote, “Anyone interested … in the study of water in the West will in the end concentrate on the Colorado, wildest of rivers ... incongruous in the desert ... all the other ...

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