Author: Greg Fulton

Greg Fulton In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon coined the phrase the “Silent Majority.” He was referring to what he believed was a majority of the public who agreed with his policies and ideas rather than those demonstrating in the streets against the Vietnam War and other policies of his administration. In his eyes this…

Greg Fulton Recent rumblings from some West Slope residents almost sound like the frustrations expressed by English voters when they chose to support Brexit and have England leave the European Union. In polls after the Brexit vote, many supporters noted that they felt that many of the policies and programs that the European Union was…

Greg Fulton It’s an election year and we are already hearing a lot of promises from candidates seeking our vote. The fact is that very few of those promises will come to fruition. The politicians know this and many of the voters do too, but candidates still make them and we still want to believe…

Greg Fulton During his 2020 campaign, President Joe Biden promised that if he was elected he would cancel at least part of the loan debt owed by millions of student borrowers to the federal government. It now appears that Biden is close to trying to honor that pledge. Recently, he has suggested that he would…

Greg Fulton While the sports community has embraced various human rights causes over the past few years, it has been noticeably quiet when it comes to one of the greatest offenders: China. Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics is trying to change this. He is a man at this time who stands alone as an…

Greg Fulton It must have been miserable and disheartening to be an Allied prisoner at Colditz Castle in December 1944, when Europe was having one of the coldest winters in its history. While D-Day had happened earlier in the year, no one could foresee how much longer the war would last, nor what the future…

Greg Fulton The Build Back Better (BBB) Act is the latest omnibus bill by Congress. These measures are catch-all bills which cover a wide range of areas under a very broad and catchy title. Because there are so many programs and policies in these measures, they tend to be very lengthy. In the case of…

Greg Fulton With the 2022 elections around the corner, campaigns for key seats at the local, state and national levels are heating up. With this, we are seeing a number of people seeking to run for public office for the first time. The vast majority of these individuals are good people who are public service-oriented…

Greg Fulton Over the past eighteen months, our country has gone from one where there was an abundance of products in our stores and wide variety of different brands, to one where we are in many cases seeing shortages and limited choice in what we can buy. We now are being placed on waiting lists…

Greg Fulton Few may realize that 2021 represents an important anniversary for the Town of Crested Butte and politics in general in the state. It was 40 years ago when the town led by its indomitable mayor, W Mitchell, succeeded in blocking a major mining project on Mount Emmons sought by AMAX Molybdenum, a large…