Schumann: Colorado Springs has ‘a hometown Jussie Smollett situation’. A look at a mayor’s alleged deception
Colorado Springs is dealing with “a hometown Jussie Smollett situation.”
Commentary
Kalam: Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s insurrection rhetoric
In the wake of the recent electoral landslide — a decisive repudiation of unchecked illegal immigration and the catastrophic security failures at America’s borders — one might have expected local leaders to reconsider their stances on sanctuary city policies.
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Bzdek: What Trump’s Cabinet picks say about his coming presidency
There is a book I read to my kids when they were about 4 years old called “The Mixed Up Chameleon.”
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Devotional: Wisdom and understanding are essential to living a life of celebration
Do you have the capacity to truly enjoy life? Not just parts of it, but all of it — every role and responsibility: personally, in partnership, parenting, professionally, and even planetarily (globally). Can you find joy regardless of the circumstances, situations, or people involved?
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Yoder: How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in January, things might appear bleak for those who want to see the United States tackle climate change. Trump has promised to expand fossil fuel production and undo much of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, saying he would roll back environmental regulations, cut federal support for clean energy, and withdraw from the Paris climate agreement — again.
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Graham: White liberal women are ‘The Mean Girls’
Why do other women keep telling me they’ve been unfriended for voting for Trump? Why is this a thing?
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Devotional: Putting faith in facts
For far too long, we have allowed the foundation of faith to be relegated only to metaphysical “truth” rather than actual “facts.” Indeed, many shy away from talking about the facts of their faith, preferring instead the personally emotive, distinctly modern and substance-free “personal truth” as a guide for conversations.
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Musk and Ramaswamy: The DOGE plan to reform government
Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the people we elect run the government. That isn’t how America functions today. Most legal edicts aren’t laws enacted by Congress but “rules and regulations” promulgated by unelected bureaucrats—tens of thousands of them each year. Most government enforcement decisions and discretionary expenditures aren’t made by the democratically elected president or even his political appointees but by millions of unelected, unappointed civil servants within government agencies who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections.
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Dickenson: From the Rockies to the Beltway, Colorado’s influence in Washington
Colorado has long punched above its weight in shaping national policy, and this administration is no different. With the appointment of Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy, our state once again finds itself in a key position of influence in Washington, D.C.
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Gaines: Colorado newsrooms promote left-wing ‘civic engagement’
Wanting to support your community and get civically engaged? Do you also like warm cookies? I suppose the Venn Diagram for these two things would likely show a lot of overlap. I’m right there in the middle anyway.
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