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Perspective on power
May we have a little perspective, please? It appears to have taken upward of nine days to get the lights back on for most CL&P customers. (Mine went out Saturday night, Oct. 29, and came back on...
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The West in flames
Thirty-two years ago next month, the Emerald Lake Fire in Western Colorado blazed its way to become the biggest in state history. I was editing a small weekly newspaper in the region at the time but...
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Fiery rhetoric
Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin’s writings are often overheated, in my view, but never so much so as this one — and never with so much justification. Malkin’s home is in the Colorado Springs...
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Not so enchanted
ABC News reports three Republican National Committee (RNC) staff members have been moved out of New Mexico and sent to Nevada and Colorado. This development comes on the heels of a Real Clear Politics...
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Public pushers
Washington State and Colorado are in the process of legalizing marijuana, creating another steep section of the slippery slope that started with “medical marijuana,” something our leaders in...
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The state climatologist
This is climate change,” averred Dr., I mean Professor, no, Governor, Dannel P. Malloy, gazing upon the piles of snow in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood Tuesday. “I think climate change is giving...
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Land management, reconsidered
Few would disagree with the assertion that the federal government is doing a lousy job of managing undeveloped lands, especially in the West. One need only glance at the frequency and magnitude of...
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Up in smoke
As a former Colorado resident, I watched the state’s swift moves toward full legalization of marijuana with dismay. Of course I had friends and acquaintances who smoked marijuana and did other drugs...
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Watchable
Flipping through TV channels the other day, I came across the film “Rocky Mountain Heist” on one of the cable channels. I watched most of the second half and will make a point of seeing the rest. I...
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