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Joe’s Story, Conclusion

Larry sat with his hands clasped thinking about the times he spent with his father. Looking around the room, his two younger sisters and his younger brother were having a difficult time with...

DATE: May 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Veterans Forum

Not much to offer political centrists

As the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, the 2013 legislative session comes to a close. There will be a number of efforts seeking to sum up the work that we did and, depending on your pol...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Not much to offer political centrists

As the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, the 2013 legislative session comes to a close. There will be a number of efforts seeking to sum up the work that we did and, depending on your pol...

DATE: May 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

German Settlement 'just like Germany'

Many residents had known one another before settling southwest of Big Bend

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Attentiveness vs. distraction

Showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided concentration. How do you feel when you are trying to explain something to someone, and they pay little or no attenti...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Character Council

For public safety, regulation is necessary

All the facts are not yet known and investigators have not said with certainty what caused a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. But we have learned since the b...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Others Say

Keystone Kops

If you are over 60, you will remember these characters. They were a Mack Sennett creation of the silent movie days. The original movies were shot from 1912 to 1917, but there were revivals i...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Get marijuana laws right, now

Coloradans spoke loudly last fall by legalizing recreational marijuana through the approval of Amendment 64. We now have another chance to make our voices heard. Amendm...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

So many bills, so little time

This is the last full week of the 2013 session. Still to be debated and voted on in the Senate are many weighty topics, some presented in lengthy bills of over 100 pages. Examples are dramat...

DATE: Apr 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Living with seasonal allergies

Spring has officially sprung, and here in the Four Corners that means breezy days and trees and grasses coming back to life after being dormant through the winter. This combination results i...

DATE: Apr 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Southwest health notes

A western approach to deficit reduction

Up here in the Rockies, we have our own perspective on the budget debate in Washington. It’s shaped by our keen awareness of the beauties and dangers of nature; our relationship with a feder...

DATE: Apr 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

My experience in the Legislature

Gun control, civil unions, school refinance, renewable energy, Medicaid expansion, single-payer health care, repeal of death penalty, comprehensive sex education, and, of course, marijuana r...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Life in the Legislature

Joe’s Story, Conclusion

Not much to offer political centrists

Not much to offer political centrists

German Settlement 'just like Germany'

Attentiveness vs. distraction

For public safety, regulation is necessary

Keystone Kops

Get marijuana laws right, now

So many bills, so little time

Living with seasonal allergies

A western approach to deficit reduction

My experience in the Legislature

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