Partisanship is not grounds for recall
Colorado Senate President John Morse is under fire by gun-rights advocates, and the shots are echoing from Boston to L.A. The battle tactic is recall. Morse supported gun-control legislation that included stricter background checks to include private and online gun …
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Understand the implications of high hopes
How much hope is enough? How much is too much? Hope comes in different shades. We all hope for better lives for ourselves and our loved ones. This kind of hope — let’s call it “ambient hope” — is a …
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With gun debate, fevered emotions blind us to logic
“Nowhere is [the gun control] debate more emotionally charged or politically consequential than in Colorado,” recently wrote none other than the New York Times. Our state’s experience at Columbine High School and an Aurora movie theater agitates our state Legislature …
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Not just absolute, but ignorant
Anyone hearing the story probably had the same “you gotta be kidding” reaction. A 6-year-old boy in Delaware, excited about joining the Cub Scouts, brought to school a handy camping accessory, a combination utensil of knife, fork and spoon. But …
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Facebook facades
It’s common knowledge by now that the actress on the cover of Cosmopolitan, thanks to the miraculous image-manipulating software Photoshop, might have a few more droops and blemishes than meet the eye. We understand how 70-year-old Barbara Walters can look …
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Seeing clearly in the face of tragedy
Judging by the friends overflowing into the lobby and hallways beyond the funeral home’s greatroom, many people in our Fort Collins community were deeply saddened when 14-year-old Urangua “Sisi” Mijiddorj was killed on Aug 20. Of course, no one in …
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