Tag: Wayne Laugesen
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EDITORIAL: Don’t let wokies rename Pikes Peak
Let’s change the name of Pikes Peak — easily the most famous mountain in the United States. Let’s make “woke” an even bigger joke. Meanwhile, let’s rename other Colorado landmarks. Start with everything named “Palmer,” which honors the white general who founded Colorado Springs. Rename Palmer Ridge High School, Lewis-Palmer High School, Palmer High School,…
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PERSPECTIVE: Critics claim modern segregation violates federal law
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stands among the most revolutionary laws in U.S. history. Critics of a new and growing “racial justice” movement say we don’t enforce it, live by it or respect it. The law’s tumultuous passage epitomizes the old comparison of legislatures and sausage factories. Leading Democrats filibustered the bill while others…
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EDITORIAL: Goodness will evolve from destructive Colorado fires
Colorado begins the first Sunday of 2022 with thousands of residents left homeless by fires that ripped through more than 6,000 acres of metro Boulder, fueled by hurricane-force winds. Most Coloradans know someone adversely affected. It seems like a hard day to give thanks. It feels like a joke to count on a new year…
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EDITORIAL: Crow and Hickenlooper stand up for new businesses
Without small businesses, the United States would not be the country in which people of all educational, financial, religious and ethnic backgrounds may succeed and lead good lives by putting in a good day of work. Without small businesses, we would not have big business. Whether we talk about Microsoft, Whole Foods, Facebook, Google or…
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EDITORIAL: Commute the trucker’s insane life-plus sentence
America’s fair justice system entices oppressed foreigners to migrate here to improve their lives. Good judges sentence convicts for life when they commit aggravated murders and violent rapes. They keep our country safe, and that’s as it should be. Then we have the 110-year sentencing of 26-year-old Cuban immigrant Rogel Aguilera-Mederos. It exemplifies a grotesque…
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EDITORIAL: Thank Sen. Manchin for having a spine
Here’s some advice for the Democratic Party: listen to and learn from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Otherwise, endure the 2024 political bloodbath that has Republicans overly confident. Fellow Democrats have unmercifully demonized and bullied Manchin for his refusal to cave, but he clearly cares more about the people of his country and state than his…
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EDITORIAL: Polis appoints a Republican to the Board of Regents
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis had a chance to tip the scales of government more in the favor of his party, which controls Colorado’s legislature, both Senate seats and every other major statewide office. When then-University of Colorado Republican Regent Chance Hill resigned on Nov. 19 to move out of state, the governor assured us in…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s fentanyl crisis requires federal action
Criminals in slaveholding China love our southern border. They appreciate President Joe Biden, whose first order of business ended construction of a wall and deemphasized border enforcement. The result: a soaring epidemic of Americans dying from fentanyl. The Gazette has pleaded with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney Gen. Phil Weiser to sue the federal…
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How an old Black homeless man changed my heart
An old Black homeless street beggar changed my life as Christmas approached in the early 1990s. In the 1980s and ‘90s, friends and foes compared me to Alex P. Keaton – the well-groomed conservative son of two liberal parents in the sitcom Family Ties. Like Alex, I dressed in a suit, groomed my hair, and…
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PERSPECTIVE: The left poses new threats to charitable giving
Americans are, beyond question, the most charitable people in the world. In this holiday season of giving, Gazette Editorial Page Editor Wayne Laugesen spoke with Elise Westhoff — president, CEO, and board member of the Philanthropy Roundtable — to discuss threats to the state of American charity and threats to the tradition. Laugesen: Tell us about some…