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Winning Words
When we are intentional about making our choices and deliberate when it comes to choosing our own path, we typically increase our chances of success. It’s when we allow others to make our choices …
Winning Words
Thanks again for all of the emails regarding my column and the “Winning Words” found here each week. I truly appreciate you all. Interestingly enough, and based on the community’s feedback, it …
Quiet Desperation
“Place the item in the bag.” “Place the item in the bag.” How many times could you hear “Place the item in the bag” before losing your mind? This is an ode to the 21st-century American …
Winning Words
Is hope a strategy that can drive success? Is hope a tactic we can put into practice to help us achieve our goals and dreams? Is being hopeful a character trait that when fully developed can lead us …
Quiet Desperation
“September Song” is a song. While the title has always been perplexing to me (why wasn’t it called “September”), the metaphor implied in it never has been, although when I first understood …
First, let’s get the disclaimers out of the way to save my Republican friends some time and heart-burn. Will gun control measures stop all mass shootings? Of course not. Will they help in reducing …
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Letters to the Editor
The sheriff that lived in a shoe
Whereas both our Jeffco County Commissioners and Sheriff are crying that they will not have enough money to keep a portion of our jail staffed and open; and …
My kudos to Bill Christopher for his August 29 “Cross Currents” column. In these politically-divisive times, it is indeed important that we participate in our …
There’s permitting freeze on energy development in Adams County today. The freeze is needed, officials say, to write new local regulations in reaction to Senate Bill 181, which Governor Polis …
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Given the multiplicity of new so-called ‘gun control’ measures, now being trumpeted by public figures; had they presently been in force, would they have identified, much less impeded the …
Cities, state make climate progress The Colorado General Assembly completed their 2019 legislative session a few months ago. Tackling climate change, which is already impacting our lives in …
Water plan is vital for Colorado way of life Colorado’s Water Plan sets a new path for a secure water future to protect our state’s rivers, secure water for our communities, and preserve our …
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