Trust Me, Everything Will Be Fine

April 27, 2018

Would you invest in a business with a debt it could never hope to repay? If you knew the largest company in the world was about to face hundreds of billions in fines, would you still buy its stock? Would you invest in municipal bonds in a city you knew would no longer exist in […]

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Special Places for the Special People

April 20, 2018

The National Parks are our national treasures, from Grand Canyon and Yellowstone to Shenandoah and Everglades. Nature’s masterpieces are unique places, almost unimaginable unless you have seen them. Only one thing is wrong with our national parks – people sometimes want to visit. That is the view of a chorus of activists who see people […]

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I Get to Look, But You Don’t

April 13, 2018

Americans don’t generally believe in absolute power. Nobody has complete unchecked control over another. Even a toddler, whose entire world appears to be controlled by his parents, is protected against unreasonable use of that power. Parents are not allowed to sell, abuse, or neglect the child. Though he may not yet realize it, he is […]

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Because I Said So!

April 6, 2018

A federal judge has ruled that the government must consider reducing mining in America’s top coal-producing region, to fight climate change. Moreover, he ordered the BLM to work with the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and four other environmental industry groups, to write a new management plan for the region. Montana District Judge Brian […]

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Quoth the Raven, I Love Tortoise

March 30, 2018

Once upon a dread September, ‘twas in `11, I remember, Desert tortoise was declared, not one well-known species, but even more; By committee, in the city, finding distinctions itty-bitty, one endangered what a pity; Signaling change from shore to shore, not like things had been before; Why is this, with tortoise galore, now one called […]

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A Broken Promise Finally Kept

March 23, 2018

Westerners are tired of broken federal promises, but this week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke righted a wrong that has festered for two decades. He released $18 million in Anvil Points funding owed to Western Slope communities. Collective regional thanks are due Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt, a native of Rifle who knows firsthand the complex problems […]

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We’re Still Thinking About It

March 15, 2018

Asking the boss for a decision can sometimes be frustrating, especially if the answer is “Let me think about it.” OK, you can come back tomorrow, but if you get the same answer day after day, month after month, year after year, you might eventually conclude that he doesn’t want to make a decision. That […]

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This Collusion Should Worry All

March 9, 2018

Foreign governments should not secretly interfere in America’s political process, right? That seems fairly obvious, but only if it’s “secret.” Open access and free communication is a hallmark of any free society, because elected representatives must be allowed to consider any and all facts and opinions before reaching their conclusions. When deciding whether to regulate […]

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Traffic Lights Are Never Green

February 28, 2018

When you sit at a traffic light, frustrated that it takes so long to turn green, consider that in one sense it never will. Traffic lights are among mankind’s greatest inventions for safety, and among our worst for the environment. Numerous studies attest to the inefficiency of cars idling in traffic. The amount of fuel […]

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Maintain the Old or Buy the New?

February 23, 2018

When your car has a flat tire, a dead battery, and needs an oil change, you have two choices. Take care of these tiresome but routine tasks, or buy a new car. Few of us can afford the latter option, and even if we did, new cars need maintenance, too. Otherwise we would just have […]

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