BY Dave BullockGreenwood Village City Councilmember The Greenwood Village City Council election is now over and I am quite certain that most everyone is happy about that. This was the most dishonest and distasteful City election that I have witnessed in the 32 years we have lived here and I hope we never experience …
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The United States has the largest number of children being raised in single parent households. In some communities, 64% of children are unlikely to experience a healthy marriage or relationship in their own homes. For some the word “family” connects them with neglect or trauma. Father absence is a huge challenge. Since healthy families are …
I shovel. This weekend Denver woke, finally, to several inches of snow which had accumulated all night and continued through the early morning. Because the wonderful white flakes fell on a weekend during winter break from school, there was no need to debate the granting of snow days for school districts. And, with so many …
Some Early Day History We can be thankful that 2021 is behind us and if you’re reading this column be glad that both you, and I, have survived the pandemic, at least for now. I’m fully vaccinated by Pfizer with a recent booster. It gives me a sense of security, although I keep hearing and …
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The year 2021 is a dark chapter in U.S. and Colorado history ending with the destruction of an estimated 1000 homes and buildings in Boulder County. A tragedy that resulted from Mother Nature’s high winds and an apparent downed electric power line on the west side of Boulder driven by 120 mph winds sweeping across …
BY PETER W. WAGNERPUBLISHER NW IOWA REVIEW A few weeks ago I wrote that Connie and I, the morning we arrived in Las Vegas for business and fun, and before I learned I had Covid, had visited the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop made famous by History Channel’s Pawn Stars television series. We had just …
At times it seems we live beyond the pale. In contemporary American society, crass, rude, and careless behavior too often masquerades as bold, assertive, and independent expression. The manners, traditions, and customs that once seemed so central to American life seem to fade on a daily basis, replaced by people acting on base instincts. The …
I guess that we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we’re still alive at the end of 2021. What a challenge for America and the world. Overall, I think the nation has done the best possible to fight the pandemic. However, I would neverdischarge military members or health care workers for refusing to …
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It was many years ago on a remote ranch in N.W. Colorado that this little story begins. I was around six yeas old and we lived in a very rural area in a small wooden frame house heated only by one kitchen stove that was fired by wood and coal. Everyone on a ranch or …
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A new study from the Common Sense Institute reports that property and violent crimes are risitng faster in Colorado than nationally. They report violent crime jumping 10% last year in Colorado compared to 5% nationally, with property crime rising 8% while declining 8% nationally. The first question to ask when analyzing such results is what …
