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The governor of Colorado signed four new gun bills into law the other day … and immediately put himself in Holy jeopardy. In response to the signing of the bills, Taylor Rhodes, the executive director...

“What is common to all men? Hope. Because those who have nothing else possess hope still.” — Thales of Miletus, 624-548 BC Spring is just a great time of the year. Colorful buds and blooms...

“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” — Socrates, 470-399 BC “Make America Great Again” has been a rather familiar refrain from one particular quarter...

“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain Or suppose you were a huckster and suppose you were a former occupant of the...

“A house divided against itself cannot stand” — Abraham Lincoln, 1858 speech Well, it’s been a doozy of a week (and we still have a few more days to go). We’ve had a fair share...

Only two more sleeps until the kickoff of Super Bowl LVII (or 57, for those who don’t use Latin regularly). After all the hype over the past few weeks, we’ll finally be able to watch...

“Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken” — Mark Spitz Mark Spitz certainly knew about records. He won seven gold medals in swimming, each in world-record time, at the 1972 Munich...

“Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay,And early though the laurel growsIt withers quicker than the rose.”— A.E. Houseman, “To An Athlete Dying Young” Houseman’s poem, though a bit stark...

Jan. 3, 2023, is a red-letter day for Congress, since, on that Tuesday, the 118th session of the august body will convene. Lots of new faces and, by all accounts, quite a few differing ideologies...

“No good deed unpunished, no bad one unrewarded.” — Walter Mapp, 12th Century “De nugis curialium” Seems like, back in the 1100s, some folks realized the irony of irrationality. But we’ve advanced and evolved from...