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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

Lizard Head has changed landscape of Southwest Colorado

The Mancos Times-Tribune Dec. 29, 1911 The skyline of the mountains to the southwest of Telluride was changed last night when, through some mighty upheaval of nature, t...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Looking back

It’s time to resist federal control of education

By Joyce Rankin I received a letter from a student asking to limit the amount of testing required in high school. He was holding the federal government responsible for what is wro...

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

Interns benefit wilderness in many ways

Training a new employee is often time consuming and costs a business a great deal of money and resources. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1 in 3 employees in the U.S. leave his or...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous Columns

Legislative committees investigate school funding

The joint budget committee and the Senate and House education committees are holding a six-meeting series to investigate Colorado school finance in depth. I’ve been able to attend the meetin...

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

A life-and-death choice for everyone

Who knew that an Army colonel’s wisdom could be so timely? Along with many of us, Margaret Wheatley didn’t. Wheatley is a writer, teacher, and speaker whose area of expertise is o...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Dynamics of pot make it unlikely fodder for marketing

By Bob Kunkel In 2012, Coloradoans voted 55 percent to 45 percent to legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana. From that day, we began the dubious process of trying to ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous Columns

Stewards of the Land: Check out mountain wildflowers

Stop complaining about the rain. Really, it’s not that bad. I think you need to take a walk in the mountains. If you haven’t been above 9,000 feet for a few weeks, you’re missing...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous Columns

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