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GUEST COLUMNIST: Springs CVB performs vital, complex role promoting city

Terrance W. Sullivan

City Council, facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, made the decision to reduce the City’s contract for promotional services with Experience Colorado Springs at Pikes Peak, the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) by nearly... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: Is science denial intellectually honest in our modern world?

John Horner

A hundred years ago, most people might have reasonably assumed that science played little or no role in their lives. If they lived on a farm, they might have lived and worked essentially as their ancestors had a hundred or two hundred years before,... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: In these difficult times, a necessary shared sacrifice

Bill Ritter

When Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and I first took office in January 2007, we made education our top priority. We vowed to reduce the dropout rate, close achievement gaps and increase the number of in-state students who earn a college degree.... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: Legislative branch, not courts, must manage school finance

Keith King

I was hoping the Colorado Supreme Court had read the Colorado Constitution.   Article IX, section 2 clearly mandates that “the General Assembly …. provide for the establishment and maintenance of a thorough and uniform system... Full story

COLUMNIST: Another bogus ACORN lawsuit

Michelle Malkin

ACORN is doing what it does best: playing the victim, blaming everyone else for its self-inflicted wounds, perpetuating false narratives and defending the entitlement industry to the death. On Thursday, the disgraced welfare rights organization... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: Budget reform won’t turn Colorado into California

Matt Sundeen

There’s a story going around that’s so scary it ought to be told only in a whisper: If Colorado tries to untangle the conflicts in its budget, it will end up like … California. No self-respecting state would want that. The... Full story

COLUMNIST: Where are the real deficit hawks when needed?

David Sirota

Let’s say you’re a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction — a cause 38 percent of Americans tell pollsters they support. And let’s say you’re deciding whether to back two pieces of... Full story

COLUMNIST: Mandate to buy health insurance an assault on freedom

Barry Fagin

The House of Representatives has passed a bill which, if it became law tomorrow, would require every American to purchase a certain product in order to remain a legal resident of the United States. In light of this assault on our liberty by a... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: 'Thank you' tells veterans their sacrifices not made in vain

Leo Thorsness

There’s a group of men and women who are not household names. They are American veterans. Veterans blend in; they don’t stand out in a crowd. At one time however, they stood tall as they fought in the trenches, on the oceans and high in... Full story

GUEST COLUMNIST: Is Social Security a savings account or a Ponzi scheme?

John Horner

Is Social Security more like a savings account or a Ponzi scheme? In reality, it is neither. But how we think of something determines how we use it, and with Social Security, how we think of it could determine how we fix it in the coming years. And... Full story

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