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It is becoming lonely in the newspaper industry for local ownership.  Newspapers started being purchased by chains back in the 1970s.  They were profitable, especially the family-owned newspapers that grew as their cities prospered and thrived with growing populations.  Massive newspaper fortunes were accumulated by famous owners like Randolph Hearst. Dean Singleton became one of …

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Gerri and I attended the Englewood Chamber of Commerce May 27 35th Annual Business Awards Banquet. I was especially pleased to see Front Range Pharmacy, mentioned in this column recently, win the “Emerging Business Of The Year” award located in downtown Englewood. These two, very talented pharmacists, Bridget Logan and Michael Scruggs have designed and …

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We’re hearing a great deal about “Critical Race Theory.” What is it all about? “Imprimis,” a publication by Hillsdale College features an article by Christopher F. Rufo that walks through his interpretation of “Critical Race Theory.” Rufo is founder and director of Battlefront, a public policy research center. Here’s portions of his report: “In explaining …

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Just do your best.  That’s probably the most common advice parents, teachers, and counselors give to kids. Nobody’s perfect, we remind them, and all we can ask is that they try hard and give their best effort. But do we really mean that? And, in this day and age, is their best enough? The free …

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History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Today’s economic news has a familiar rhyme, at least to those old enough to remember the 1970s. Not disco music and leisure suits but the Jimmy Carter presidency.  Carter popularized the phrase “Misery Index”, a simple numeric measure of how the average American is doing economically. …

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Agriculture is vital to our very existence and we must have food to sustain our existence. Certainly we can have fake meatless varieties, vegan delights, and gluten free breads. But each of our food chain products goes through a major amount of development to reach the grocery store shelves and our dining room tables. I …

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Americans owe a great amount of gratitude and thanks to our food industry from the grassroots level of production of the raw foods, the processing and packaging, the distribution, and finally the grocery shelves at the local King Soopers, Safeway/ Albertsons, and other marketplaces. Let’s start at the beginning. Chicken is the most widely eaten …

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I was heading to the office last Saturday morning when I spotted one of my friendly neighbors working in his yard.  I pulled over, rolled down the window, and said. “Good morning.”  David came to the car window and told me how much he had enjoyed reading about Barbwire Bob’s latest tale of how that …

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The media business has changed in recent years  with blogs and social media and the internet bloated with information.  Networks now have political identity, FOX for conservative views, the other networks lean left. I once liked CNN, started by Ted Turner and the best news source in America. While traveling in foreign countries I could …

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