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Rankin: Preparing Colorado’s students for an unforeseen future

I attended the Summit on Education Reform in Nashville, Tennessee. Jeb Bush opened the conference and repeated a quote from the first conference in 2008: “The country’s school system is an 8...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Brooks: GOP tax bill a missed opportunity to help workers and the middle class

I am not appalled that the Republican tax bill cuts the corporate tax rate to 21 percent. Some of my liberal friends treat this as a moral horror and trot out all sorts of awful distribution...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Affair involves husband, brother

DEAR ABBY: A year ago, my husband confessed that he was having an affair at work. Before it started, he tried setting “Velma” up with his twin brother, but she said she wasn’t interested...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Krugman: Passing through to corruption

Unless something drastic happens, this will be the week Republicans ram through a tax cut that adds more than a trillion dollars to federal debt while undermining health care for millions. T...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Parker: Collateral damage of “credibly accused”

WASHINGTON – As the #MeToo movement gained momentum the past several weeks -- and more than a dozen powerful men accused of sexual misconduct were suspended, fired or banished into the outer...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Karaoke is not about talent

DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Karen,” loves to sing karaoke along with many others, most of whom are vocally challenged. Listening to some of them can be grueling when we go out. Karen knows many...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Monument reductions disrespect culture, history

Earlier this month, President Trump displayed yet another example of blatant disrespect of Native American cultures and environmental conservation, stating his plan to dramatically reduce tw...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Students on Point

Daughter worries about mom

DEAR ABBY: My parents have been divorced for 15 years. Dad is remarried; my mother lives alone. My brother and I alternate holidays every year, and this year he was supposed to host our ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Christmas doggerel’s bark is worse than its bite

‘Twas a week before Christmas and all through our towns, Events of the past year brought smiles and frowns. Traditions aplenty for this time of year; So here...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

After a wild year for travel, what lies ahead in 2018?

Travel bans. Shootings. Viral passenger videos. No one will forget the past year in travel. How could they? But what does it all mean for your 2018 trips? “These are in...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Dad obsessed with inheritance

DEAR ABBY: My father – aged 68, active and in good health – has become increasingly obsessed with deciding who will get which of his belongings when he passes. Almost every conversation ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Now’s the time to voice your views about our public lands’ future

Last week’s events punctuated by the Trump administration’s cavalier abandonment of a century’s worth of American conservation practice is greatly discouraging. Interior Secretar...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

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