Author: Miller Hudson
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Will Weiser-Bennet battle test Colorado Dems’ take on open primaries? | HUDSON
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Writing in the New York Times several months ago, columnist David Wallace-Wells ruminated on whether our two major political parties are likely to survive much longer. Although there are a number of academics in political science who have proffered the same query recently, perhaps Pete Buttigieg’s observation, “I think that both parties should examine their…
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‘Their future is my fight, our fight’ | HUDSON
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Following my hip replacement in July, I decided to take a few months away from penning op/eds for Colorado Politics and focus on getting back up on my skis by early next year. The physical therapists seem to think this is a reasonable goal. If Gerald Ford could continue skiing at Beaver Creek into his…
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Can we simmer the resentment fueling our age of anger? | HUDSON
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The past year has surfaced growing concerns regarding the frequency of violence in America. Our pattern of sporadic mass shootings at schools, churches, bars, shopping centers and public events has recently been joined by assassins — not for the first time in our history, of course. Colorado has not proven exempt, as last month’s shooting…
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Trump’s EPA edict illustrates why he can’t convince Coloradans | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson You only have to look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent edict to Colorado forbidding us from proceeding with the scheduled closure of coal-fired electric generation plants to understand why the MAGA mindset fails to win support here at the ballot box. The Denver Post reported, “The EPA published a notice in…
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Aging pols peddle policies of the past | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson I first voted for president in 1972, when I was 27. In 1964, I was 19 and the voting age wouldn’t drop to 18 for another five years. In 1968 I was serving overseas with the U. S. Navy and, unlike today, there was little or no effort to help a sailor cast…
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Why would anyone want to scuttle FEMA? | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Like most of us, I don’t remember much from the years before my twin brother Richard and I started school, yet I still learned a lot from my father about camping in the deserts and mountains of southern New Mexico. As a teenager, my father spent several summers tending cattle on Forest Service…
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Johnston’s permitting policy gives power to the people of Denver | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson The city of Denver has been regarded a lousy place to do business for decades. Permitting for new housing, even projects as simple as replacing a garage or adding a deck, were known to require months, extending to years in the case of major construction. Therefore, it was encouraging to read the Johnston…
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Can Dem guv aspirants avert crisis, find realistic remedy to TABOR trouble? | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Colorado Democrats, together with assorted progressive nonprofits, have been grousing about the TABOR (Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights) amendment since voters approved it in 1992. Truth be told, the coalition of opponents who had thrice defeated Doug Bruce previously took their eyes off the ball in that election. A crowded ballot included several hot…
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As Trump entangles America, the time for courage is now | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson In October of 1973 I’d lived in Colorado for just a year when the Yom Kippur War broke out between Israel and its Arabic neighbors. I had kind of lost track of the fact that I could still be recalled to duty as a Naval Reserve officer. The telegram I received ordering me…
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The press must remain fearless even in these fearful times | HUDSON
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Miller Hudson Several weeks ago, I had a 7:30 a.m. appointment at Kaiser’s Lone Tree offices to take a set of X-rays of my right hip joint, which will be replaced in July. As I understand it, these snapshots are used by an AI program to fashion a custom prosthetic for insertion in my sawed-off…
