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Politically disgusted? Pick up your pencil

Sunday, 7 February 2010 12:33 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Feb. 7) “Both ends of the political spectrum are disgusting,” said reader Bill Hoppe in an email after my Jan. 24 column on bipartisan irresponsibility. “It becomes increasingly difficult to believe in our legislature ... [More]

Time for 'We the Posterity' to do our part

Saturday, 6 February 2010 07:41 by Bill Sterrett
('76 Contributor) A personal viewpoint is hereby submitted by William Dent Sterrett III, this date February 6, 2010. In honor of the Founding Fathers and the United States Constitution, and as a proud member of the Posterity, so eloquently referenced... [More]

Coloradan of the Year: Who and Why?

Saturday, 26 December 2009 05:45 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Dec. 27) Remember those times when we thought the world had changed, but it hadn’t?  Eight years ago after jihadists attacked the US homeland, and again last year after America elected its first black president, the talk of &... [More]

Constitution Day 2009: Perpetuation of Our Institutions

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:38 by Greg Schaller
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention, having met for four long, hot, and humid summer months in Philadelphia, had finally completed their task.  On that day, they lined up and signed their names to... [More]

Health care: Listen, think, decide

Tuesday, 1 September 2009 15:10 by Scott Starin
Editor: You thought blogging was inherently overheated?  This coolly reasoned piece asks for our best as deliberative citizens sifting for truth in the health care melee.  Scott Starin is Boulder County Republican chairman, a former candida... [More]
Categories:   Citizenship | Health care
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Calvin, 500 this month, foresaw dangers of power

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:26 by Bill Armstrong
John Calvin, one of the giants of Christian history, was born 500 years ago this month: July 10, 1509, to be exact.  To mark the half-millennium of his enduring influence, Pastor Don Sweeting of Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church -- and a trustee ... [More]
Categories:   Church | Citizenship | Faith | History | Politics
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Lincoln's warning to the anti-abortion vigilantes

Monday, 1 June 2009 04:42 by Greg Schaller
On Sunday, May 31, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas was killed as he was walking into his church.  Dr. Tiller was perhaps one of the most controversial practitioners of abortion in the United States.  He repeatedly and defiantly perform... [More]
Categories:   Citizenship | History | Crime | Abortion | Law
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Talk radio vs. the thought police

Sunday, 24 May 2009 08:30 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, May 24) Memorial Day, honoring America’s war dead, originated in 1868 after the horrific bloodbath that saved the Union and freed the African race.  From Sumter to Appomattox, half a million whites lost their lives so tha... [More]
Categories:   Politics | Media | Citizenship
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