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Hillman: ‘The Colorado Song’ recalls a better time and place
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Hillman: ‘The Colorado Song’ recalls a better time and place

By Mark Hillman | Commentary, MarkHillman.com             On this Colorado Day, I remember the 1970s when our local radio station would open its morning show by playing The Colorado Song: “If I had a wagon, I would go to Colorado,” praising a state known for “Rocky Mountain peaks, climbing up to the sky” and inhabited by “folks who are rugged and bold!”             One verse describes what was quintessential Colorado: “A uniting spiring they will find at the great Continental Divide.”             It’s a fun song, and I’ve taught it to my kids.  But, I get a little choked up because it describes a Colorado whi...
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York: Joe Biden owes the country an explanation
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York: Joe Biden owes the country an explanation

By Byron York | Commentary, Washington Examiner President Joe Biden is scheduled to make a live address to the nation tonight at 9 p.m. That is a violation of his plan “to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep,” according to news reports earlier this month when he was still struggling to hold on to the Democratic nomination. But it is extremely important that he stay up and tell the public what is going on. In the last week, the president, weak and infirm, contracted COVID-19 and went into isolation. There, behind closed doors, he was forced by a group of powerful Democratic insiders to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. He then endorsed the vice president, Kamala Harris, for the Democratic nomination, and party leaders, despite earli...
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Swearer: Why the 2nd Amendment is more crucial than ever after attempt to kill Trump
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Swearer: Why the 2nd Amendment is more crucial than ever after attempt to kill Trump

By Amy Swearer | The Daily Signal A 20-year-old man with a rifle, perched atop a nearby roof, fired several rounds July 13 at Donald Trump as the former president spoke at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, killing one attendee and wounding at least two others. As we know now, one round nicked Trump’s right ear and he avoided a serious wound or death with a fortuitous head turn that moved him out of the bullet’s path at the last second. Almost immediately, some gun control activists saw the attempted assassination as an opportunity to call for their wish list of more restrictions on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Talk about missing the point. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL Editor's note: Opinions expressed...
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Commentary: Letters from readers (week of July 22)
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Commentary: Letters from readers (week of July 22)

By Rocky Mountain Voice Following are letters recently received from readers of the Rocky Mountain Voice. To have your letter considered for publication, email [email protected] with the heading "Letter to the Editor" and be sure to provide your name, hometown (only) and permission to reprint. Registration fees are out of control Most people probably remember how a frog cannot be put directly into boiling water, however, if it's put in and the heat is slowly turned up it will become cooked. I'm wondering if this is a picture of many Coloradoans with regard to vehicle registration cost. I'm renewing the registration on my two-year-old car -- more than $500! I've lived in Colorado for more than 20 years now and I can't remember when the exponential increases too...
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Lundberg: Help us protect kids in Colorado, sign in support of our ballot initiatives
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Lundberg: Help us protect kids in Colorado, sign in support of our ballot initiatives

By Kevin Lundberg | Commentary We only have nine days left to collect all the signatures we need to put on the ballot the initiatives that will help protect kids and families from the transgender ideology that is sweeping through our public schools.  I have been in the fight to protect our families and children for many years. Last year, I made a documentary, ArtClubMovie.com, about the transgender ideology that is working its way into our public schools here in Colorado. Just this year, the legislature passed and the governor signed a bill into law that requires all public schools, including charter schools, to use any non-legal name that a student adopts. This is a not so subtle way of forcing all public schools to engage in pushing the ...
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Devotional: A historical reflection on blood, violence and compassion
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Devotional: A historical reflection on blood, violence and compassion

By Drake Hunter | Devotional, Rocky Mountain Voice July 13, 2024: This day marked a distressing moment in history — an assassin's attempt on President Donald J. Trump's life that reverberated globally, evoking echoes of past events where seemingly insignificant details held immense significance. It felt as though we were bearing witness to the unfolding of history, and the blood on the President's ear marked a transformative juncture in time and the annals of history. For those familiar with literature, particularly the Bible, the symbolism of blood as representative of life, sacrifice and atonement, and the connotation of the right ear as a symbol of attentive listening and obedience to God's voice, are familiar themes. When such significant events occur, it is natural for people...
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Smrz: Is the support by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis of Ukraine war funding an indicator he is eyeing the DNC presidential ticket?
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Smrz: Is the support by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis of Ukraine war funding an indicator he is eyeing the DNC presidential ticket?

By Jimmy Smrz | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The United States' continued funding of the Ukraine-Russia war is set to be a key issue in the 2024 presidential race, raising questions about whether Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is positioning himself for a spot on the Democratic National Convention's presidential ticket. Following President Biden's withdrawal from the race, and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party initially unified in support of her. However, Harris' path to the nomination remains uncertain. Concerns about her electability create uncertainty about her candidacy. Enter Gov. Polis, whose recent high-profile support for Ukraine, including a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signals his readiness for the international stage and ali...
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Hancey: An open letter to Ms. Reed, asking for your resignation
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Hancey: An open letter to Ms. Reed, asking for your resignation

By Aaron Hancey | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I respectfully ask for your immediate resignation! You have had the privilege of being a leader to your community on at least two different occasions: 1. As a teacher and survivor of the shooting at Columbine High School and 2. As a currently elected non-partisan official on the Jefferson County School Board.  I can relate.  I am also a non-partisan elected official. I currently am the mayor pro-tem for the City of Fruita on the Western Slope of Colorado. I, too, am a survivor of the shooting at Columbine High School and was 17 years old when I helped to lead a classroom that was full of scared students and teachers while I administered first aid to Mr. Sanders. He had been shot multiple times and I spent three-and-a-...
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Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt
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Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt

By Kelly Sloan | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Sometimes history, like it is said of American football, is a game of inches. An inch or so to the right, and the bullet that grazed former President Doanld Trump’s ear on Saturday would have most likely killed him. As stunned and horrified as Americans were upon hearing of the attempted assassination, it would be a much graver situation for the country had the assassin’s bullet killed the former President, and current candidate for the same office, instead of a volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family while attending a political rally in support of the candidate he preferred.  It is somewhat naturally incumbent upon the polemicist to comment on historical events of such magnitude, as analysis is hungrily sought for. But...
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Gaines: Is Gov. Polis sending homeless people to my hometown? Fact check finds no support to claim
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Gaines: Is Gov. Polis sending homeless people to my hometown? Fact check finds no support to claim

By CORY GAINES | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project I was talking to a friend the other day and he remarked that his neighbor had told him that Gov. Polis was sending homeless people out to Sterling, Colo. It got me curious.  I do know that I've seen more homeless people out here than when I first moved out, but are there a ton more?  Are they coming from Polis? I'll get to the answer in a sec, but I wanted to take this as an opportunity to discuss (yet again) the importance of skepticism when you hear a claim.  I wanted to take this as an opportunity to provide an example of some simple steps you can take to evaluate claims you hear. The first thing you should do is the first thing I did when I started investigating:  go to your favorite search eng...
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