Author: Eric Sondermann
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SONDERMANN | A stale Trump without a ripe target
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Eric Sondermann As this is written, Election Day is 12 weeks away. As you, dear reader, peruse this, that time horizon will be closer to 11 weeks. It would be cliche to observe that those weeks will fly by. But has anything about 2020, the interminable year, moved at anything beyond a snail’s pace? Yet…
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SONDERMANN | A partisan divide fractures CD-3
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Eric Sondermann Frank Evans, Ray Kogovsek and Mike Strang are turning in their graves. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Scott McInnis and John Salazar have their heads spinning. While Scott Tipton is still trying to get the number of that freight train that ran him over. These seven gentlemen (yes – men, all) have represented Colorado’s 3rd…
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SONDERMANN | Time for the hot seat, Cory and Hick
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Eric Sondermann Larry Laszlo The race is now set. John Hickenlooper versus Cory Gardner for a coveted seat in the United States Senate in a contest atop the national target list for both parties. So let’s play 20 questions. You, informed reader, should insist that both candidates answer all of these and others over the…
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SONDERMANN | Renounce, don’t erase, the ugly past
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Eric Sondermann Larry Laszlo What to keep? What to discard? It’s the question that faces anyone who has ever undertaken a rigorous, room-by-room housecleaning. It is now the question facing our country, on a far broader scale, at this moment of cultural and historical cleansing. To call this a “cultural revolution” might be a tad…
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SONDERMANN | New year’s shoutouts to a few exemplars
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Eric Sondermann The transition to a new year is a good time for taking stock on many fronts. New Year’s resolutions are one traditional outgrowth of that process — a renewed intention to shape our lives in the coming 12 months more in line with our wishes and values. Let me suggest that this time…
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SONDERMANN | Impeachment, for better or worse, is by now an imperative
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Eric Sondermann. (Courtesy photo) Christmas is a week away. The season of light calls out for some lighter, upbeat, healing fare. However, the news cycle doesn’t always cooperate with the holiday calendar. The nation finds itself racked by a major debate over the impeachment of the president. That process is likely to reach one key…
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SONDERMANN | Mayor Webb — is it too late to say I’m sorry?
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Eric Sondermann Mea culpa. As a political commentator whose core message relates to the imperative of political civility and understanding, I have one significant stain on my record. Better late than never, I wish to correct that and make amends. For at least two decades, maybe more, Wellington Webb was my nemesis. And I, his.…