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Category: Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Chairlift to Heaven, Part Four

EDITORIAL: Chairlift to Heaven, Part Four

Posted on March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 by Bill Hudson

When measured simply by “income” — which includes our many retirees — we’re comfortably in the middle of the pack, here in Colorado…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Voting for the First Time

Posted on March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 by Post Contributor

In 2016, I could not vote, but as I watched the presidential election go down, I realized that something was fundamentally wrong with our country…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Once in a Lifetime Candidate

Posted on March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 by Post Contributor

Bernie Sanders believes that you, and I, and millions of people across this country standing together and rising up as one voice is the only way this can happen…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Chairlift to Heaven, Part Three

Posted on February 28, 2020March 2, 2020 by Bill Hudson

I mention these two political conversations because they’re part of the Chairlift Effect… an experience where we’re being shuttled towards some destination… and we seem to have no control of the ride…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Chairlift to Heaven, Part Two

Posted on February 27, 2020February 28, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“It’s all a bet on the Chinese middle class, a consumer force McKinsey analysis predicts could reach 550 million in three years…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Questions About School Shootings

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by Post Contributor

It doesn’t excuse or justify these horrific crimes, but certainly raises questions that need to be explored if we want to prevent future instances…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Sanders is a Threat to the Rich and Powerful

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by Post Contributor

This orchestrated campaign attacking Bernie Sanders by Wall Street spokesmen is not surprising…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Chairlift to Heaven, Part One

Posted on February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 by Bill Hudson

I’ve wanted to explore the idea of responsibility for quite a while now, and I guess this might be as good a time as any…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: The Psychological Impact of Active Shooter Drills, Part Two

Posted on February 25, 2020May 29, 2022 by Ana Sancho Sama

Social-emotional learning cannot happen in the isolation of a home or a computer screen; it requires peer interaction of the kind that schools offer in their classrooms…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Our Electric Destiny, Part Six

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by Bill Hudson

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval estimated that Nevada would enjoy $100 billion in economic benefits over two decades from its construction and operation…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Riverwalk Wetlands Presentation This Thursday, Feb. 27

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by Post Contributor

Our mission and purpose is to Protect, Conserve and Enhance the health and beauty of the Riverwalk Wetlands…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: Too Bad It Was Frozen Foods, Rather Than People

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by Harvey Radin

Could it be that, when it comes to people making their way to America, various politicians are overstating things?

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OPINION: The Psychological Impact of Active Shooter Drills, Part One

Posted on February 24, 2020May 29, 2022 by Ana Sancho Sama

“Such highly realistic drills can do more harm than good, and traumatizing students is not the way to protect them…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Our Electric Destiny, Part Five

Posted on February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 by Bill Hudson

You cannot drill into the ground and find ‘electricity’… the way you can drill a well, and find oil or natural gas. But at the same time, we have a theoretically unlimited supply of electricity…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Defining ‘Social Justice’

Posted on February 24, 2020December 10, 2022 by Gary Beatty

I have an acquaintance who grew up in Russia when it was part of the USSR. She lived there through the fall of that regime…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Say NO to Bloomberg

Posted on February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Post Contributor

Throughout his political career, he has bought endorsements by heavily funding both high-profile NPOs and political allies’ campaigns….

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Our Electric Destiny, Part Four

Posted on February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 by Bill Hudson

Governments have various clever ways of providing economic benefits, however. Tax credits are merely one technique. Restrictive or permissive regulations are another…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Our Electric Destiny, Part Three

Posted on February 20, 2020February 21, 2020 by Bill Hudson

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is loosening regulations to allow cars to burn more gasoline… only to get push-back from the same auto companies that would seemingly benefit from such relaxed regulations…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
LETTER: The Ups and Downs of an Electric Car

LETTER: The Ups and Downs of an Electric Car

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by Post Contributor

Firstly it is so quiet, the acceleration is quite exciting, and whenever you go down the hill or come to a stop sign the regenerative braking recharges the battery…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters
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