Tag: Washington Examiner
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EDITORIAL: Paper or plastic? Environmental impact not as clear as politicians assert
Restaurants and other businesses are scrambling to survive. We’re recovering from a record-breaking forest fire season and looking at more of the same. Suicide rates continue rising. Children are behind in school. We have a mental health crisis and a worsening transportation infrastructure problem. We’re mourning the deaths of more than 6,000 Coloradans taken by…
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EDITORIAL: With ‘very real’ nuclear threat, don’t move Space Command
Nuclear war is “a very real possibility.” That makes the proposed move of Space Command a very dangerous idea. Without time to waste, President Joe Biden should quash this order immediately. If concern about nuclear conflict sounds overly dramatic in this post-Cold War era, hear Adm. Charles Richard. He heads U.S. Strategic Command, the agency…
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EDITORIAL: Ask President Biden to fix what Trump broke
It ain’t rocket science to persuade President Joe Biden how former President Donald Trump was wrong. With that in mind, Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper should insist on an immediate, in-person meeting with Biden. Topic: Space Command, nothing more. The meeting should include Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, appropriate members…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado AG Phil Weiser crusades to protect free speech from social media monopolies
As free speech comes under attack, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser plans to save it. When social media services emerged on the scene, they glorified and leveraged free speech as protected in the First Amendment. Suddenly, thanks to computer technology and the internet, everyone had a veritable printing press. Rich and poor alike could develop…
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EDITORIAL: More local control may hedge against oppression
“All politics is local,” implored former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Town leaders in Monument, a bedroom community for Denver and Colorado Springs, don’t want to lose businesses to the state’s on-again-off-again COVID-19 shutdowns. In Monument, when a business owner struggles or goes under it means a friend and neighbor in peril. “The…
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EDITORIAL: This Christmas, we can overwhelm evil with good
This will be a Christmas unlike any we have known, with fewer large family gatherings and crowded worship services. Under any condition, it is no less the day 2.2 billion people — more than a quarter of the world’s population — celebrate the birth of Christ, the son of God sent to the earth to…
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EDITORIAL: Other Space Command finalists pose big risks
Space Command thrives in Colorado Springs. It operates in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified workforce, proximity to supporting entities, public safety, transportation and community support. A better environment is not possible, no matter how incessantly politicians try to take it from Colorado. To move the command, the Pentagon would abandon billions of dollars…
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PERSPECTIVE: Welcome to the military’s best home town, Colorado Springs
The recently reestablished U.S. Space Command Headquarters has officially been operating out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs since Sept. 9, 2019. And this isn’t the first time. U.S. Space Command was initially formed in 1985 and was in Colorado Springs until its closure in 2002. But for decades, Colorado Springs continued to…
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EDITORIAL: Don’t reverse Trump’s pro-working-class policies
Once upon a time, the Democratic Party tried to favor the working class. Not anymore, and never has it been more apparent. Consider Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s immediate goals. He wants to: • Increase taxes. All taxes are regressive and impose the most harm on those who have the least. • Impose a minimum wage…
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EDITORIAL: Hickenlooper belongs on Armed Services Committee
Voters spited themselves by ousting Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado’s first A-list, marquee senator since Republican Sen. Bill Armstrong left office in 1991. Only Sen.-elect John Hickenlooper can undo the damage. Voters did not assess Gardner’s record, which includes introducing more successful bills than the rest of the nine-member delegation combined in six years. They…