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Freedom Politics: Obama Has Some Egg on His Face

OUR VIEW: One simple reply: 'I can't help you'
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Voters told city officials they want less from City Hall, not more, during these economically troubled times. The message could not have been clearer, with the overwhelming defeat of a tax increase... Full story

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LETTERS: Saturday
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Union works to break Ford One of the unintended... Full story
OUR VIEW: Where does city go from here?
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As the dust settles from Tuesday’s election... Full story
GUEST COLUMNIST: Pelosi's health care plan would cost too much money, freedom
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Amid all the serious problems contained in the... Full story

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LETTERS: Friday
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City has to make do with less Atop the headline... Full story
OUR VIEW: The lesson from Tuesday's vote
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City officials have only themselves to blame for... Full story
LETTERS: Thursday
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Editor’s note: The following letters are... Full story

Views & Letters

OUR VIEW: Difficult to say Obama saved jobs
Claims often don't show whole picture
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Washington claims 640,000 to 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. With only about 15 percent of the money spent so far by those intended to receive it, at this rate America might implausibly end up... Full story
LETTERS: Wednesday
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Lancers go all out for kids Many thanks to the students at Liberty High School for the Halloween Safe Night. Our 5-year-old and her friend loved it. The maze was their favorite. Also, the Danse Macabre was excellent, the games were fun, and the... Full story
GUEST COLUMNIST: Political discourse must be more than 2 sides in disagreement
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One of Monty Python’s funniest comedy routines is the “Argument Clinic.” Performed by Michael Palin and John Cleese, the skit’s premise is that a customer (Palin) walks into an establishment that specializes in verbal... Full story
OUR VIEW: Auditors give D-11 thumbs-up
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The focus of local government lately has been on the city of Colorado Springs and the budget challenges it faces. That being the case, it might have been easy to miss the news in Sunday’s Gazette that School District 11 received high marks in... Full story
OUR VIEW: Reining in money's political influence
Answer is asking government to do less
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H.L. Mencken is credited with saying, “There is always an easy solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.” Many people believe the quote applies to efforts to rein in campaign spending with new laws micromanaging... Full story
OUR VIEW: Don't count on recovery yet
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The U.S. Commerce Department has said that the country’s gross domestic product grew at 3.5 percent during the quarter ended Sept. 30. As some people figure it, that swift performance marks the end of the longest economic contraction since... Full story
LETTERS: Tuesday
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Medical marijuana needed Our daughter, Molly, was born with cerebral palsy and has always been in a wheelchair. Now 37, she has been having a hard time trying to be able to remain in her wheelchair. Her muscle spasms have caused her hip to... Full story
OUR VIEW: Time for Obama to take charge
Dithering on Afghanistan not a strategy
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As he continues to stretch out the timetable on a decision about whether to escalate the U.S. commitment to the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has asked for a province-by-province assessment of the tribal and other local leaders in that... Full story
GUEST COLUMNIST: Candidate Penry doesn't deserve charge of being anti-military
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Recently, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman opined in an editorial that Colorado Republican candidate for governor Josh Penry is “anti-military,” because he stated that Penry was against the Army’s proposed Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site... Full story
LETTERS: Monday
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Hate crime law divides us It grieves me sorely to read an opinion piece such as that of Bruce H. Deboskey which essentially calls for the abandonment of equality under the law (“Finally, a hate crimes bill that will protect victims,”... Full story
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