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Today's Opinions

  • Our Readers Write

    Compassion, responsible government go hand-in-hand
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  • Front-runners, step to the rear

    Chris Romer joined a fairly exclusive club last week. Along with Dale Tooley, Norm Early and Ari Zavaras, he’s now one of the can’t-miss front-runners for Denver mayor who fell to lesser-known opponents each of the last four times the office was truly up for grabs.

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  • Our Readers Write

    Death of bin Laden provides opportunity for our nation
    Editor:
    With the recent demise of one Osama bin Laden, would this not be an ideal time for our president to declare: “Mission accomplished! I’m bringing the troops home; we have far bigger concerns to address here!”?
    Mr. President: “Carpe Diem!”
    Russell W. Haas
    Golden

    Be bear aware when camping
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  • Did freedom or government come first?

    I recently overheard a conversation that went something like this: “Where does the right to free speech come from?” “The right to free speech,” came the reply, “was given to us by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
    Is that accurate? Would our founders have agreed with that formulation? Take a closer look at the language of the First amendment itself: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”

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  • Our Readers Write

    Death of bin Laden provides opportunity for our nation
    Editor:
    With the recent demise of one Osama bin Laden, would this not be an ideal time for our president to declare: “Mission accomplished! I’m bringing the troops home; we have far bigger concerns to address here!”?
    Mr. President: “Carpe Diem!”
    Russell W. Haas
    Golden

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  • Spend now, or spend more later

    When I first started working, some of the best advice I ever got was, “Don’t let the urgent get in the way of the important.” Over the years, that idiom has helped me to step back and think about long-term priorities, immediate needs and how they should be balanced and prioritized.

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  • Our Readers Write

    Eliminating Medicare would be immoral
    Editor:
    Many Colorado families are working paycheck to paycheck, if they’re lucky enough to be working. It is a day-to-day struggle just to make ends meet. There are many who have approached and exceeded what once was thought of as “retirement age” and continue working because of all the cuts that are now being called “excessive entitlements.”

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  • Desperately seeking legitimacy

    If marijuana makes you giggle, it’s easy to have a good laugh at the plethora of dispensaries on seemingly every street corner in certain Denver neighborhoods. Talking with two patients who have benefited greatly from marijuana edibles made me straighten up and take notice.

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