Columnists

Winning trumps everything, including national interest

Everybody likes to win. Somewhere in grade school, children learn that they don't get to win all the time. Some don't get over the idea that they should, as an entitlement. ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Recognizing the importance of outdoor recreation

Over the past two years, I have had the honor of representing the people of Colorado in the United States Senate. Looking back on the 114th Congress, I’m proud of the bipartisan work we were...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the U.S. Senate

Happy New Year? We can only hope

By Carole McWilliams We're almost two months past the Nov. 8 election and counting down the days until Himself is formally installed as our new ruler. We've seen no si...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Given keys to Congress, GOP spins out on first lap

WASHINGTON – Doesn’t anybody here know how to work this thing? For 10 years, Republicans have waited for their chance to govern, and finally the voters handed them the car keys: u...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trying to understand the new world order in 2017

WASHINGTON – One insistent question that will shape 2017 is whether we’re witnessing the gradual decay of the post-World War II international order, dominated by the economic and military po...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trump should look into the reality of Putin’s soul

WASHINGTON – “Spare us the kissy-face.” It was June 2001 and I was covering President George W. Bush’s trip to Slovenia, where he had just met Vladimir Putin for the first time. I...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Putin’s gift to America

WASHINGTON – It may be wishful thinking, but it’s just possible that Vladimir Putin has done us a great favor. He has alerted us to the true threat of cyberwarfare in a way that — again, jus...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Fall of Aleppo showcases America’s declining role

WASHINGTON — The fall of Aleppo just weeks before Barack Obama leaves office is a fitting stamp on his Middle East policy of retreat and withdrawal. The pitiable pictures from the devastated...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The Great Depression that did not ever happen

WASHINGTON – There is no mystery about Barack Obama’s greatest presidential achievement: He stopped the Great Recession from becoming a second Great Depression. True, he had plen...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies

WASHINGTON — Democrats spent the first two decades of the post-Cold War era rather relaxed about Russian provocations and revanchism. President Obama famously mocked Mitt Romney in 2012 for ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Not waste, but the Pentagon vs. the welfare state

WASHINGTON – Any reporter who’s written about the federal budget knows that there’s a surefire solution to every problem. It’s called “fraud, waste and abuse.” You want to end budget deficit...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Education, from top down to bottom up

Thank you for the honor to serve on the state board of education for the 3rd Congressional District. I appreciate each and every one of the 194,116 of you who gave me your vote and support. ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Board of Education

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