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The Decisiveness Weapon: Charlie and the Truth Factory 
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The Decisiveness Weapon: Charlie and the Truth Factory 

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice As I sit quietly this morning, rather than a nursery rhyme, a children's tale keeps illuminating my imagination: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with three injuries weighing upon my soul. Yesterday marked one year since Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Today marks twenty-five years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And here at home, my wife, Sherrie, has spent more than 300 days bedridden. While being treated for glioblastoma, she was dropped on her head during hospital care, suffering injuries that left her unable to walk. One injury is political and cultural. One is national and collective. One is deeply personal. Each has brought pain. Each has produced loss. And each places the same question before the...
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Same question, different answers: Google’s AI on Kirk, King and Kennedy
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Same question, different answers: Google’s AI on Kirk, King and Kennedy

By Mark Salley | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice On the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death, I asked my iPhone three questions: How old was Charlie Kirk when he was assassinated? How old was Charlie Kirk when he was murdered? How old was Charlie Kirk when he died? The first two of these questions stumped Google. Rather than respond with Kirk's age at his death, Google's response was: Charlie Kirk—date of death Sept. 10, 2025. Only on question number three did Google respond: Charlie Kirk—31 years old. On the day I asked, Google would not tell me Kirk's age when I framed his death as an assassination or a murder. Merriam-Webster knew Kirk had been assassinated. It defines "assassinate" as "to murder (especially a politically important person) by s...
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, I still miss the America we were in the days after
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, I still miss the America we were in the days after

By Shaina Cole | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I was on my knees scrubbing stains out of the carpet as I watched it all unfold. This was the fall of 2001. I was 21, three months out of college, working temp jobs while I looked for something permanent. My fiancé and I had been in our rental for a short time. The people before us had left stains ground into the carpet, and I was still working on getting them up.  My usual routine was to eat something, then clean. Just an ordinary Tuesday, and I was in the South, nowhere near New York. I turned the TV on. Breaking news was already running when I sat down.  A plane had struck one of the World Trade Center towers. I picked up the phone and called my mom. I asked her if she was seeing what I was seeing. I don't re...
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A year after Charlie Kirk’s death, have we forgotten what came next?
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A year after Charlie Kirk’s death, have we forgotten what came next?

By Tori Stork (Ganahl) | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was killed. It still feels strange to write those words. I’ve spent a lot of today thinking about Charlie—not just the person the world knew, but the 21-year-old who called me out of nowhere when I was a college student at the University of Oregon. The guy who flew to Eugene, spent months helping our little group of students (mostly in disguise so no one would recognize him), strategized with us in my Jeep, drilled us on messaging and quoted Scripture from memory. Charlie believed in people before most of the world knew their names. He believed in me before I really believed in myself. Years later, after Turning Point had become a national force and millions of people competed f...
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If they control your ammunition, they control your rifle
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If they control your ammunition, they control your rifle

By Sean M. Pond | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice If you hunt, own a gun, raise livestock or care about the Second Amendment, you need to pay attention to what is happening at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. The people coming after hunting have found an easier path than convincing Colorado voters. They can take a so-called citizen petition to an appointed commission and ask that commission to regulate hunters out of the field. They do not have to ban your rifle if they ban the ammunition it fires. That is exactly what one petition now before the Commission is designed to do. The proposal seeks a statewide ban on traditional lead ammunition while taking wildlife. It was filed by 18 organizations and presented by attorneys for Animal Wellness Action and ...
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Trump’s Core Voters Find Brighter Prospects in a Changing Job Market
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Trump’s Core Voters Find Brighter Prospects in a Changing Job Market

By Byron York |Commentary, Washington Examiner TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS. A new analysis in the Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President Donald Trump has delivered economic benefits to the voters whose support was the foundation of his victory in 2024. The Wall Street Journal headline and story synopsis read: “Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years; Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college grads.” The article was based on work done by a think tank called the Burning Glass Institute. Analysts found that “the unemployment rate for wo...
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Economic boom is the greatest story never told, Kudlow says
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Economic boom is the greatest story never told, Kudlow says

By Lawrence Kudlow | Commentary, tippinsights PART I The Boom Begins When I sat down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in front of the G20 conference at Asheville, North Carolina yesterday, my intent was to work with the secretary and promote an economic growth message. And he was more than cooperative, at the top of his game. It’s as though he was just waiting to unleash the success of the Trump economy, and he chose the G20 and our interview to make his statement. I had no interest in pursuing the minutiae of retiring off-the-run Treasury bonds, or other debt management arcana. Instead the big picture was the economic boom, the manufacturing boom, the construction boom, the rising animal spirits in the American economy. Here’s how I put it to Mr. Besse...
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Adams County’s election-worker shortage needs a plan, not more fear
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Adams County’s election-worker shortage needs a plan, not more fear

By Karen Hoopes | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Let's start with the basic fact: Adams County is reportedly about 200 workers short. That is a serious problem. But it is a management problem, and management problems require facts, urgency and a plan. Clerk and Recorder Josh Zygielbaum says fear is keeping experienced workers from returning. Fear may be one factor. But before that becomes the explanation, voters deserve to see the evidence. How many former workers were contacted? How many actually said fear was the reason? When did recruiting begin? What did they say about pay, schedules, training or the hiring process? Those questions matter because the diagnosis determines the solution. If workers are concerned about safety, give them clear information and re...
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Douglas County Is Working. Why Redesign a Government That Has Served It So Well?
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Douglas County Is Working. Why Redesign a Government That Has Served It So Well?

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Douglas County voters will soon be asked to make a consequential decision about the structure of their county government. A citizen-initiated ballot measure proposes expanding the Board of County Commissioners from three members to five, with the expanded board composed either of five commissioners elected by district or three elected by district and two elected at large. The current commissioners have referred a separate measure that would allow voters, if they approve expansion, to preserve countywide elections for all five commissioners. Supporters of the expansion have framed their argument around representation, accountability, and population growth. Douglas County has unquestionably grown, and it is reasonable to perio...
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The Sensitivity Weapon: Little Miss Muffet
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The Sensitivity Weapon: Little Miss Muffet

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along came a spider, who sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. Last week, we dove into Jesus' command to "Ask, Seek, and Knock," highlighting the vital role of resourcefulness—what I like to call source management! Remember Poor Little Bo-Peep? Instead of seeking her lost sheep, she just hoped they would find their way home. This week, we journey with poor Little Miss Muffet as Jesus guides us to persistently ask, seek, and knock until we uncover the truths waiting for us. Once we step through that truth door and embrace it, what's our next move? Jesus encourages us with a wonderful next step: "Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, ...
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