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Thanks to Title IX, I was a champion gymnast. Now it’s been corrupted
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Thanks to Title IX, I was a champion gymnast. Now it’s been corrupted

By JENNIFER SEY | Sey Everything Substack Fifty-two years ago this month, Title IX was enacted to prohibit sex discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal funding. And for all of its wide-reaching impacts, it is best known for mandating equality in sports between the sexes. This was predicated on the commonsense truth that men and women are biologically different, and without sex-based categories in sports, girls and women would never have the opportunity to compete on an equal playing field. Title IX changed the game for young women, unleashing opportunities for them that had never existed. As of 1972 there were about 300,000 women and girls playing college and high school sports in the U.S. Female ...
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Hankinson: Why Biden’s executive order won’t solve the illegal immigration crisis
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Hankinson: Why Biden’s executive order won’t solve the illegal immigration crisis

By Simon Hankinson | The Daily Signal President Joe Biden announced his highly anticipated executive order to supposedly secure the border on Tuesday. With it, the president attempted to do the impossible: avoid impeding the mass illegal migration for which his policies are directly responsible while convincing Americans he is “doing something”—at last—to secure the border. This “unserious” proclamation-plus-rule combo platter (a Presidential Proclamation on Securing the Border and the Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border) will do the first but not the second. It’s hard to imagine there is an American out there who can be persuaded that Biden has gotten religion on enforcing U.S. immigration law,...
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York: Measuring the Trump conviction factor in the 2024 election
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York: Measuring the Trump conviction factor in the 2024 election

By Byron York | TownHall.com If you've been keeping up with the news, you've probably heard a lot of speculation about the effect former President Donald Trump's felony conviction will have on the 2024 presidential race. Here's the real answer, so far: We don't know. The first thing to remember about momentous events and public opinion is that it takes a while for people to process the full import of truly consequential developments. With the Trump verdict, of course partisan zealots on both sides know exactly how they feel. But other, more normal people are not entirely sure. They want to think about it and see how things work out before they settle on what they think. That's where polls come in. The first survey out of the gate came from Morning Consult. The verdict was announce...
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Archuleta: The ways in which a 30-day Pride month is counterproductive
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Archuleta: The ways in which a 30-day Pride month is counterproductive

By Valdamar Archuleta | Guest Columnist A month-long celebration of Pride is counterproductive. I say this as a gay man who, at one time, was very active in the gay rights movement and organizing Pride Festivals. Over the past several years, I have rapidly been drawn to this conclusion. After 30 days of rainbows, the world is not a better place for the LGBT community, nor are we more unified with society. Likely, it is the opposite. The goal of Pride Month should be to make life better for LGBT folk and to unify humanity as a whole. We should enter July feeling that our neighbors and fellow citizens have a deeper respect, acceptance, and tolerance for LGBT individuals and their lifestyles. But that is not what happens. Today's LGBT rights movement began with the Stonewall riots in...
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What’s behind Wheat Ridge’s 26% crime drop since 2021? Start with police staffing, mayor says.
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What’s behind Wheat Ridge’s 26% crime drop since 2021? Start with police staffing, mayor says.

By Mayor Bud Starker | Wheat Ridge Neighborhood Gazette Wheat Ridge has seen a significant drop in crime rates, returning to levels last observed before the pandemic. The Wheat Ridge Police Department reports a 26% overall decrease in crime since 2021, marking a substantial improvement from the spike experienced during the pandemic. A major factor in this reduction is the department’s success in recruiting high-quality candidates, even as law enforcement agencies nationwide struggle with recruitment and retention. After staffing levels dipped in 2021, WRPD is on track to add a dozen officers this year. Seven rookies graduated from the academy last December and completed over three months of field training before beginning independent patrols. Additionally, five more recruits are curr...
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Stratford: What does human trafficking look like in Colorado?
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Stratford: What does human trafficking look like in Colorado?

By Sabrina Stratford | Guest Columnist There are more than 49.6 million people in modern slavery today. What does that look like in Colorado? Human trafficking is the exploitation of another person involving force, fraud, or coercion for labor or sex. Human trafficking is a crime against a person, not a border. Anyone can become a victim, no matter a person’s background or identity, but the more vulnerable a person is the more likely they are to become a victim. At risk individuals include those living on the streets or homeless, individuals with addictions, sex workers, the LGBTQIA+ community, runaways and immigrants. At risk people are trafficked more frequently than safe and stable community members. Sex trafficking Involves the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provis...
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Antoni: Washington ate your lunch, then blamed business
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Antoni: Washington ate your lunch, then blamed business

By EJ Antoni | The Heritage Foundation You’re paying more for food because Congress refuses to control its spending. That was the testimony I recently gave before a Senate committee, but the committee chair, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, refused to believe the evidence presented. Her plan is not to reduce government spending, but to drive your food prices even higher. Ms. Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, and many other politicians are to blame for the inflation that has ravaged the American people over the last three years. Our representatives in Congress, along with President Biden in the White House, spent trillions of dollars we didn’t have—and that money had to come from somewhere. It’s coming out of your wallet right now, through the hidden tax of inflation. To finance the stratos...
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Zorn: Colorado’s passenger rail romance vs. reality
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Zorn: Colorado’s passenger rail romance vs. reality

By Ryan Zorn | Guest Columnist Have you noticed that the expansion of passenger rail is beginning to permeate agendas of state and local governments?  The romance of big rail projects and access to other people’s money have always been hard for career politicians to resist.  Gov. Jared Polis is no different.  The Biden administration is dangling billions of federal taxpayer dollars out for grabs.  Here at home, the governor just secured a legislated $3 per-day rental car fee worth $58 million per year and a privately-negotiated political ransom worth $175 million per year from Colorado oil and gas producers in the form of new production fees that will be funneled toward new passenger rail initiatives.  His message to our local governments seems to be “all ...
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Devotional: What type of dog are you?
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Devotional: What type of dog are you?

By DRAKE HUNTER | Special Contributor Using your imagination and curiosity is one of life’s greatest joys when used in a healthy way. I invite you to think about something fun: "What type of dog are you most like?" It's interesting how our behavior and personality often reflect those of our furry friends. This exploration might help you learn something new about yourself and make you more faithful and trusting in life as we "Watch Them Dogs!" Over the nearly four decades I’ve been a believer and follower of Christ, I've heard and delivered countless impactful and meaningful sermons. But one stands out more than others, and I want to share it with you. In August 1988, when I became a Christian, I heard a message that made a lasting impression. It was called "Watch Them Dogs!" and w...
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Sloan: The unhinged morality of the international community
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Sloan: The unhinged morality of the international community

By Kelly Sloan | Contributing Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice If anyone still harbored any illusions that the International Criminal Court at The Hague was a serious institution with a shred of legitimacy and a moral mandate, those illusions have surely been put to rest. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan issued arrest warrants in late May for Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu, and the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, in what may be the finest demonstration of absurdity in international affairs so far this century. And given the continued omnipresence of the UN, that’s saying a lot. Granted, Khan and his team of charlatans also issued warrants for a handful of Hamas bosses, but the ludicrous equivalence only seems to lend an even greater sense of incredulity to the episode; it...
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