Author: Miller Hudson
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Trinidad was a multi-cultural melting pot long before multi-culti was cool
Last weekend we attended the annual picnic thrown by the Friends of Historical Trinidad and the Trinidad Historical Society at the Mitchell Museum on Main Street. My father-in-law, Tom Allen, has been president of the Friends group for several years. Born in a coal camp west of Trinidad, his father was a muleskinner and proud…
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Snatching budget defeat from jaws of victory
Thirty years ago Colorado’s Republican leadership would run a legislative resolution each election year demanding a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. No one took this exercise very seriously. It was well understood the effort was simply a political ‘gotcha’ that allowed Republican challengers in swing districts to flog Democratic incumbents who voted against…
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And the Army goes rolling along!
First to fight for the right,And to build the nation’s might,And the Army goes rolling along!Proud of all we have done,Fighting till the battle’s won,And the Army goes rolling along! I had the privilege of attending the deployment ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs last weekend for Army National Guard Space Support…