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In his first year in office, President Donald Trump has done many positive things, but his record of conservative achievement has been overshadowed by a whole series of self-inflicted wounds. On...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Tyranny, conformity, risk and change are strong words. I imagine the men with powdered ponytails and short pants understood them all too well. They could and would no longer conform to tyranny...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2018 | COLUMN: Watch Yore Topknot
At the Tuesday council workshop, Jon Brooks, Manager of Marketing and Events, unveiled the city’s new website , and wow! I had the privilege of getting a sneak preview to prepare for this column,...
DATE: Jan. 11, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Mayor
WASHINGTON – For President Trump, a lot is riding on the economy in 2018. If it continues to do well, it should bolster his popularity and his claim that he understands it better than his critics. ...
DATE: Jan. 9, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
WASHINGTON – If karma is a b---h, then justice is a beauty queen. After recent revelations that the CEO of the Miss America Organization and its pageant scriptwriter were talking trash about past...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
The sky is a beautiful blue, and there’s just enough chill in the air to make it fresh. Buzz and I are loping great big one-eighth-mile circles. He has his head down and just enough round in his...
DATE: Jan. 1, 2018 | COLUMN: Watch Yore Topknot
As we approach the end of President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the list of extraordinary things he has done - for both good and ill - is nothing short of remarkable. Trump inspires such...
DATE: Jan. 1, 2018 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
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-track...
DATE: Dec. 29, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I just finished a great Zane Grey book, Riders of the Purple Sage, and am halfway through another titled Tonto Basin. They’re both great stories, and the main characters’ lives are influenced and...
DATE: Dec. 28, 2017 | COLUMN: Watch Yore Topknot
WASHINGTON – What I most dislike about the Trump/Republican tax plan is the shameless cynicism with which it has been peddled. Recall how it works: The government borrows $1.5 trillion over a...
DATE: Dec. 25, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
The sun is just up here in Western Colorado, another brilliant blue sky day, which makes me think of you in Washington, far from the canyons, mesas and mountains where you grew up. It must feel...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
If you believe the old Christmas carol, this is “the most wonderful time of the year.” I believe that it is. I love all things Christmas – the lights, the music, the food, the hustle-bustle of...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2017 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
