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My 2012 survival kit

Saturday, 31 December 2011 07:21 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Jan. 1) “Let us eat and drink,” said the beautiful people at last night’s glittering parties, “for tomorrow we shall die.”  Maybe they thought their insouciance fitting as 2011 ticked away, but they co... [More]

A GOP that can win: Thoughts on Fred Anderson's passing

Monday, 26 December 2011 14:47 by John Andrews
  ('76 Editor) Five Republicans have presided over the Colorado Senate in the modern era since 1974, when voters transferred that duty from the lieutenant governor to a member chosen within the body.  Fred Anderson of Loveland, who died las... [More]
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BHO transformation agenda admits of no compromise

Thursday, 22 December 2011 07:01 by John Dendahl
(Centennial Fellow) A month ago, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank excoriated U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., for “sabotage” in the work of the “debt supercommittee.”  The column was vintage Freudian projection, the tech... [More]

News21 effort promotes media literacy

Thursday, 22 December 2011 06:33 by Gabe Knipp
('76 Contributor) "Have the media failed America?" That was the question at an all-day conference in Colorado Christian University's Beckman Center on December 2. Media experts gathered to discuss the changing face of news and journalism's role in a ... [More]

CCU files suit over abortion mandate in Obamacare

Thursday, 22 December 2011 06:27 by Admin
(Press Release, Dec. 21) Colorado Christian University (CCU) today became the first interdenominational Christian college to challenge in federal court a new “Affordable Care Act” (aka “Obamacare”) mandate for abortifacie... [More]
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Athens to Rome by Sea: Ruminating on the Ruins

Monday, 19 December 2011 14:40 by Bill Moloney
(Rome)  If one would conjure in imagination what Gibbon called the “Glory that was Greece and the Grandeur that was Rome” a worthwhile approach is to set sail upon Homer’s “wine dark sea” and in select ports of call... [More]
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You thought 2011 had some twists? Wait till you see 2012

Sunday, 18 December 2011 14:56 by John Andrews
Fantasy presidential nominations for Ross Perot, Olympia Snowe, and John Hickenlooper, along with bouquets for Douglas County school vouchers and brickbats for the Denver police, enliven the air waves this month as Head On completes its 15th year on ... [More]
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Is it right to celebrate when an evil-doer dies?

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:46 by Emily Jordan
  (CCU Student) It was months ago, way back in May of this year, that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by CIA operatives. But I keep thinking about the moral and spiritual questions posed by all the jubilation over this man's death. When c... [More]

Tim Tebow is a man of character

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:41 by Jay Ambrose
(Centennial Fellow) Once while working as an assistant city editor on a metropolitan newspaper, I made the discovery that while talent is a great blessing, it's often character that counts most at the end of the day.   An important story would b... [More]
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One of our favorite poems for the last month of the year

Monday, 12 December 2011 11:18 by Admin
The House of Christmas By G. K. Chesterton     There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, G... [More]
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