Opinion

Like talking to an empty chair

PUEBLO, Colo. -- When President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy with a Medal of Honor in 1953, he noted that Pueblo nicknamed “the Steel City,” has had several Medal of...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Religious tyranny, not religious freedom

Among many issues concerning reforms in national health care currently being implemented, one issue is represented by conservatives as involving religious freedom. Their central argument is that...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Time to ask the right questions

One of the annoying things about being friends with political journalists is hearing them whine that we campaign folk don’t talk about issues. It’s as if they believe in a Neverland where issues...

DATE: Aug. 30, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Thoughts on the new school year

For educators, this really is the most exciting time of the year. After weeks of preparation, training and collaboration, we now are ready to welcome our students back to our buildings for another...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

A world smaller than we thought

My little corner of the West -- southern Oregon, between the Pacific Ocean and the high Cascades — achieved a brief notoriety during the height of the world’s Cold War anxieties: It was listed as...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2012 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range

Ban these obnoxious phrases

If you’re a political and media junkie, you know one truth: your head starts to spin after a while -- even more than the political spinners you see every day on MSNBC, Fox News and CNN — due to...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Will Medicare dominate this election?

By most accounts, Democrats are positively giddy over the selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee in waiting, a euphoria born of their belief that...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Tax return issue won’t go away

In the summer and fall of 1993, I served as press secretary for the gubernatorial campaign of Christie Todd Whitman of New Jersey. Anyone who was around then will recall the issue — virtually the...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2012 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

BLM commends communities for Weber Fire support

As our communities start to see a shift in the weather patterns, I wanted to take a moment to share my appreciation and gratitude for the support the BLM and our firefighters received during the...

DATE: Aug. 11, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Community is our middle name

The Southwest Colorado Community College (SCCC), a division of Pueblo Community College (PCC), operates from multiple sites that provide the sole source of 2-year education for the Southwest...

DATE: July 31, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

The impact of abusive relationships on youth

Child advocate at the NEST Child Advocacy CenterThe Teen Maze invited seventh- through ninth-graders from Re-1, and surrounding districts to engage in a range of choices they’ll face as they...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Man’s sorriest method of management

Did you mow your lawn recently? Did you prune your trees this spring? Why did you do that? You will likely say that it is necessary to keep them healthy, nice looking and productive. You would be...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

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