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What our fathers taught us
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What our fathers taught us

Compiled by Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice We put a single question to some of the writers you read here: what's the best thing your father taught you, or the thing you didn't understand until much later?  Nobody sent us a speech. They sent us a memory. Some are about work. Some are about faith, or grit, or a sentence a man said once and never repeated. Much of what these dads handed down came through more than instruction. Your father taught you most in ways he probably didn't plan. Most of us figure that out later. Here are their words, on Father's Day. My father was part of "the greatest generation," a WWII veteran. After the war he was a traveling salesman for the Quaker Oats company for 30 years or so. He taught me the importance of being there. Whenever my d...
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The golden rule of government: Who controls the funding shapes Colorado education policy
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The golden rule of government: Who controls the funding shapes Colorado education policy

By Colleen Enos | Commentary, Christian Home Educators of Colorado We have all heard the Golden Rule, based on Matthew 7:12, which commands that we treat others the way we would like to be treated. But have you heard of the Golden Rule of Money? This rule says that “He who has the gold makes the rules.” It is a truth based on ownership of resources, which we should be very familiar with here in Colorado. The part-time homeschool enrichment public funding conversations happening under the golden dome in Denver are an incredibly clear example of this golden rule. The Joint Budget Committee (JBC) has asked for a bill* to be drafted that addresses Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) operating programs outside their member districts, defines “instructional time,” and clarif...
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While she fought cancer, a Durango teacher moved in on her child
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While she fought cancer, a Durango teacher moved in on her child

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice When Colorado mom Cindy Stein sat before state lawmakers last spring, she was still recovering from cancer—and from losing her child to a teacher’s influence in a system that no longer sees parents as essential. “While I was fighting for my life, this teacher inserted herself into my daughter’s world, convincing her to reject me and her family,” Stein told the Senate Judiciary Committee.  https://twitter.com/OffThePress1/status/1917709537177424184 The clip spread quickly online. A month earlier, the Daily Wire broke the story, exposing what she says Durango schools tried to keep quiet. When a teacher’s comfort crossed a line Stein says her 16-year-old met Durango High School math teacher Joanne Smotherman while she was enduring...
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The dangerous gentleman enters the race: Victor Marx launches gubernatorial bid
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The dangerous gentleman enters the race: Victor Marx launches gubernatorial bid

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice The crowd inside Phil Long Music Hall stood and cheered as Victor Marx made it official. On Oct. 1, the Marine veteran and founder of All Things Possible Ministries announced his run for Colorado governor, joined by local pastors, veterans and elected officials—backing his call to restore justice and public safety. Supporters throughout the night echoed a recurring phrase—“dangerous gentleman”—a term used to describe Marx’s combination of restraint, conviction and action. Platform rooted in personal experience A survivor of childhood abuse and a Marine Corps veteran, Marx has spent the last two decades leading international rescue missions through his nonprofit. “I’ve spent my life fighting battles most politicians wouldn’t dare face,” he ...
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For Erika Kirk, a husband’s life ended by violence he seemed to foresee—yet faith anchored him
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For Erika Kirk, a husband’s life ended by violence he seemed to foresee—yet faith anchored him

By Robert Draper | The New York Times In an interview, the wife of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk said she had implored him to wear a bulletproof vest. But she sees divine work in his death. During the past 11 days of heartache and anger, Erika Kirk has found herself returning, as if by gravitational pull, to a single moment. It is the recollection of how, on what turned out to be the last night of Charlie Kirk, her husband, he was too excited to sleep. “His adrenal glands were just going off,” she recalled during an hour and a half interview on Thursday, eight days after Mr. Kirk, 31, one of the nation’s pre-eminent conservative influencers and the founder of the youth activist group Turning Point USA, was gunned down while debating students at Utah Valley University. ...
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Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, dead at 31 after Utah campus shooting
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Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, dead at 31 after Utah campus shooting

By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Greg Wehner, Alexandra Koch and Jasmine Baehr | Fox News Charlie Kirk is a conservative media personality and co-founder of Turning Point USA. Kirk was visiting Utah Valley University on Wednesday when he was shot. President Donald Trump confirmed the death of Kirk on Wednesday in a Truth Social post. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event on Wednesday afternoon at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk's death in a post on Truth Social. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie," Trump wrote. "He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Mel...
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Poll reveals stark divide between conservative young men and liberal young women
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Poll reveals stark divide between conservative young men and liberal young women

 By Johnathan Jones | Commentary, The Western Journal NBC News published polling on Monday that revealed a deep divide among young voters on serious social issues. The results found conservative men and liberal women hold starkly different views on success, family, and personal fulfillment. Steve Kornacki of the NBC News Decision Desk shared the results on X. Among men who voted for President Donald Trump, 34 percent defined having children as central to their success. That was followed by 33 percent of Trump-voting men who said success meant financial independence, and 30 percent who said success meant a fulfilling career. https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki/status/1965032049808654515 Meanwhile, 29 percent placed being married at the top of their list. For 28 ...
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Schaller: Parents must stay alert as schools conceal life-altering decisions from families
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Schaller: Parents must stay alert as schools conceal life-altering decisions from families

By Greg Schaller | Commentary, Fox News Multiple lawsuits reveal nationwide pattern of educators deliberately concealing students' gender identity changes from families There is a quiet but deeply troubling trend sweeping through our nation’s public schools—a movement in which teachers, counselors and administrators are actively intervening in children’s lives on the most personal of issues while deliberately keeping parents in the dark. Across the country, lawsuits are mounting as schools are found secretly facilitating the gender transition of minors without informing their parents. This is not just a pedagogical overreach—it is a gross violation of parental rights and a dangerous assumption that strangers know better than mothers and fathers what is best for their children. ...
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Colorado Christian camp sues state over gender facility access mandate
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Colorado Christian camp sues state over gender facility access mandate

By Jeffrey Clark | Fox News A Christian camp that has been operating since 1948 in Colorado is suing the state after the camp was told that it had to accommodate gender expression in bathrooms and a variety of other spaces.  "They feel like they're honoring God in what they're doing, and I feel like they should do that, to operate in a way that's consistent with that," camp volunteer and mother Leah Rohwer told CBS News in an interview.  The camp, known as Camp IdRaHaje, which is short for "I'd Rather Have Jesus," has refused to obey the state government's demands that it accommodate gender expression in camp facilities.  It is a conflict that is personal for Rohwer, who told CBS that she has a family member who identifies as transge...
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