Tag: Columnist
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Arm Colorado’s school staffs now! | CALDARA
Enough. Damn it, enough! Enough virtue signaling instead of preventing school shootings. Enough of elected school boards denying reality. It is time for all of Colorado’s 178 school districts to join the 50 that currently have volunteer, trained, concealed armed staff to stop a shooter the moment he begins — because when seconds count, the…
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Who’s afraid of school choice? | Sean Duffy
Coloradans like their rights to choose the best schools for their children. This freedom is apparently so irritating to liberals that they’re willing to spend millions to prevent it from gaining constitutional protection. It’s sad, out of touch and intellectually bankrupt. Amendment 80 is probably the simplest measure on a very long ballot. Basically, if…
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Mark Kiszla’s Postcards from Paris—Valarie Allman wins gold
Mark Kiszla talks about Valarie Allman winning gold in discus throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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COLUMN: Many caused Elijah McClain’s death | Pius Kamau
Some tragedies affect us more profoundly than others. Elijah McClain’s death at the hands of police bothers me enormously because of its senselessness. After many months and with the cops’ obscene texting in mind, I often wonder what they say to each other now? Previously, I contrasted the results of two paramedic groups’ work. We…
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Will mayoral hopefuls speak out on Denver schools? | Jimmy Sengenberger
It was November 2020. Denver Public Schools had just lost its superintendent, 31-year veteran DPS educator Susana Cordova. She moved to Dallas because the Denver school board had refused to give her a fair shake — even after she successfully navigated a major teacher strike. Faced with a crisis of confidence in DPS, Mayor Michael…
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A Veterans Day tribute to Colorado’s ‘Home of Heroes’
They call Pueblo, the Home of Heroes, and for good reason. This city in southern Colorado is tied with Holland, Michigan for having the most Congressional Medal of Honor winners (four) in the country since the turn of the 20th Century. The four recipients of the Medal of Honor from Pueblo include: Pvt. William J.…