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This is a weekend to which some folks around Southwest Colorado look forward for a whole year. The Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo, with world-class riders and stock, begins tonight at the Montezuma...
DATE: June 9, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
For years, pundits have been citing an eighth-grade final exam from 1895 as proof that the state of education in the United States is dire indeed. It must be; after all, how many modern students...
DATE: June 7, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
As demonstrated by new snow on mountain peaks on Memorial Day, weather is an unreliable indicator of the coming of summer.Traffic, however, is sure giveaway. Toward the middle of May, drivers...
DATE: June 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
As the snowpack melts, much of Colorados water rushes across rocks and still-frozen ground, collecting in streams that pour from the high country. On the way, it picks up evidence of everything it...
DATE: June 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Atlantic magazine recently offered a guide to the factors that go into determining the pump price of gas. It was a clear and persuasive exposition that, in part, dismissed the role of...
DATE: May 31, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Congratulations to the areas graduates.In late spring, quite a few young people move up a rank, graduating from preschool, middle school or high school, or earning college degrees and vocational...
DATE: May 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state of Californias must dramatically reduce overcrowding in its prison system. The 5-4 decision was immediately decried by those concerned...
DATE: May 26, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Earthquakes followed by tsunamis followed by nuclear disasters will require decades of cleanup, and the affected area may not be inhabitable in the foreseeable future.Widespread flooding has...
DATE: May 24, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Anyone who has relocated to a small community knows that figuring out whos who and whats what is no quick task. The Southern Poverty Law Center writers who came to Southwest Colorado to write...
DATE: May 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
To convince Colorado taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets at this moment in the economy and against the current political mood requires both an appealing public need and well-considered...
DATE: May 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Coloradans who have neglected to pay their state taxes may have an opportunity to come clean this fall thanks to a bill that would waive penalties for those who pay in full between Oct. 1 and Nov....
DATE: May 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Speaker of the House John Boehner gave a talk Monday to the New York Economic Club in which he outlined his demands for agreeing to raising the federal deficit limit. It was good theater and...
DATE: May 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: Editorials
