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Safe havens and evil

Once again it happens with sickening suddenness — a jolting shock that alters and cruelly mocks our assumption of “normalcy.” On a weekend when the news cycle focused on North Ko...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Cagle Cartoons

‘Terrorism’ debate doesn’t help

The bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon were a form of terrorism, by most definitions of the term. The devices that went off near the finish line Monday were obviously designed to harm in...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Others Say

April is Month of the Young Child

April is the Month of the Young Child and the perfect time to share what our local early childhood council has been up to over the past 12 months. We know that what happens to ch...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: MECC Cares for kids

'The pig in the python'

When people have asked me to describe this legislative session, often I find myself referring to the expression that it's been like "the pig in the python." There's so much being jammed thro...

DATE: Apr 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

A heist at the depot

It was late in the afternoon of July 7, 1893, when the eastbound train slowly went out of sight and all that remained was black smoke in the distance. As the train disappeared, a lone horsem...

DATE: Apr 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Keep student loan rates low

Paying off student loans takes a backseat to other expenses when a college graduate is unemployed or underemployed. Ask any barista with a master's degree. The high-interest rates help expla...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Others Say

The Constitution above all else

When I took my oath of office, the most critical part of that oath was to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not be part of destroying it. I would like cit...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

'The pig in the python'

When people have asked me to describe this legislative session, often I find myself referring to the expression that it's been like "the pig in the python." There's so much being jammed thro...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Empire Electric opposes SB 252

I am very concerned with special interests in Denver collaborating with primarily urban legislators to ram through legislation Empire's members do not agree with. Senate Bill 13-252 imposes ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Debunking myths about sexual assault

"Oh, no!" the woman exclaimed as she retrieved the mail from her post office box. "Jury duty," she explained to the post office patrons who had turned their heads in alarm at her initial out...

DATE: Apr 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Safe havens and evil

‘Terrorism’ debate doesn’t help

April is Month of the Young Child

'The pig in the python'

A heist at the depot

Keep student loan rates low

The Constitution above all else

'The pig in the python'

Empire Electric opposes SB 252

Debunking myths about sexual assault

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