Author: The Gazette Editorial Board / The Washington Examiner Editorial Board
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Colorado Springs Gazette: How to lose to cancel culture without surrendering
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The first thing any reader needs to know is that the vast, vast majority of Native Americans were never offended by the Washington Redskins’ mascot or logo. Certainly, there are offensive ways of representing Native Americans in sports and in other areas – Chief Wahoo comes to mind, as do mocking versions of native dances…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: Court strikes two quick blows for religious liberty
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It only took seven years and two trips to the Supreme Court, but the Little Sisters of the Poor finally won its case this week in a 7-2 ruling, Little Sisters v. Pennsylvania. Although the decision is a narrow one, it is a victory for religious freedom and the cause for unequivocal celebration. After years…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: This fall, let’s get the kids back in school
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a needed opinion that is strongly in favor of getting children back to school this fall. It’s what the nation needs right now in times that seem anything but normal. “The AAP,” the group’s statement reads, “strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: We don’t need a society of vandals
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When demonstrations triggered by the death of George Floyd spread to Philadelphia, vandals defaced a statue outside City Hall of an old white man. They spray-painted the words “colonizer” and “murderer” on it. But the statue was of Matthias Baldwin, a 19th-century businessman and abolitionist. Baldwin was a vocal opponent of slavery decades before the…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: The World Health Organization displays deadly incompetence
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As the coronavirus spread around the world, few institutions distinguished themselves as badly as the World Health Organization. When the public needs reliable medical information, the WHO has failed again and again. When there might have been a chance early on to contain the virus, the WHO played a key role supporting efforts by the…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: Keeping schools closed in the fall is not a viable option
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In most parts of America, children have been out of school since the middle of March, and in-person learning has been canceled for the rest of the academic year. With a wave of summer camp closures rippling across the country, there is now a raging debate over whether schools will even be in a position…
