INDIANA VOTER ID LAW GETS NOD Parties on both sides get overheated It's a little difficult to work up much excitement over the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to uphold Indiana's voter-identification law. It was installed, for mostly partisan reasons,...
PERSONHOOD Biology tells us life begins when sperm fertilizes egg Reports about Kristi Burton's Personhood Amendment seem intent on labeling this issue as "deeply religious" ("Woman fights to define ‘person,' " The Gazette, May 4). In fact, it is...
BUDDHISM: SORRY, IT'S JUST A RELIGION Why the faithful say they're not religious Buddhists want to build a sprawling center, a mega temple of sorts, outside of Colorado Springs. The center would house private retreats and meditation courses. The group...
SHORT-SIGHTED VIEW Columnist forgets that regulations keep flying public safe in skies...
SMALL VICTORIES FOR GUN RIGHTS Court, official act to protect Second Amendment Second Amendment supporters got a couple of pieces of good news last week. One, perhaps the most important in a while, was that a federal appeals court didn't...
OUR ECONOMY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM How health care is getting well We keep hearing of a "health care crisis" that must be solved by government. Claptrap. The system will heal, but only because of the amazing immune system of America's...
BUILDING PROBLEM Development incentives keep housing supply high The Gazette's opinion is that it is detrimental to the big picture in Colorado Springs for Habitat for Humanity to build 67 new homes vs. utilizing...
DENVER'S LOOMING SUMMER OF LOVE Police must respect protester rights Political pundits predict trouble in Denver this summer when Democrats converge at the Pepsi Center for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. One radical group titled...
BATTLING OVER BRUCE We need more folks willing to do the right things All I ever hear from voters is how they hate "more of the same" and "business as usual." But when we finally get someone like Doug Bruce who doesn't act like...
FEDS PREPARE TO SHIFT BLAME Consumers to take heat if stimulus bombs Somewhere between the president's triumphant signature and the arrival of the seed money, a funny thing happened on the way to economic stimulation. Back in February,...