Columnists - The Journal

Rankin: Are education policies helping or hindering student (and teacher) success?

President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law in 2001. Since that time, Colorado has tested students and used the tests and other assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of t...

DATE: Jul 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sheek: a thriving community, suggestion box, bill pay and jazz

Curious to understand why some rural Colorado communities located in the same geographic area with similar populations and assets thrive while others do not, the Colorado Office of Economic ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Too many of us have a vested interest in division

WASHINGTON – This is the summer of our discontent. As Americans celebrated July 4, they were mad at their leaders, mad at their government and mad at each other. A recent Pew poll finds that...

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sheep wagons: Old West function, New West fashion

From Old West function to New West fashion

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Are you eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery?

The Department of Veterans Affairs implemented the pre-need burial eligibility determination program to assist anyone who would like to know if they are eligible for burial in a VA national ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Cagle Cartoons

No return on North Korea, the Rubicon has been crossed

WASHINGTON – Across 25 years and five administrations, we have kicked the North Korean can down the road. We are now out of road. On July 4, North Korea tested an intercontinental...

DATE: Jul 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Time for some crazy calls to your local paper

I'm not sure if it's the heat, summertime blues, or some confluence of the stars, but the funny phone call quotient here at the Pine River Times seems to have spiked recently. My ...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

James: An old timer in a new age

I was born in Austin, Texas, back before Austin was cool. The Armadillo World Headquarters didn’t exist yet. Dwight Eisenhower was president and television (if you were fancy enough to own o...

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Douthat: Going small on health care

Seven years ago, the Democratic Party found itself at a crossroads. Its sweeping health care bill was increasingly unpopular – the subject of angry town hall protests, the cause of a shockin...

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Samuelson: Good news - next recession may well be delayed

WASHINGTON – This is not your father’s inflation, and that’s good news. Business cycles often end when higher inflation causes a country’s central bank (the Federal Reserve in the United Sta...

DATE: Jun 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Krauthammer: Coherent American strategy needed in Syria

WASHINGTON – The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria. Russia threatens to attack coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates. What is going on? ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Education update: As teacher supply shrinks, Re-1 must compete

Nationwide, education programs are not graduating enough new teachers to fill the vacancies created by teachers who are retiring or leaving the profession for other reasons. That imbalance h...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education Update