Author: The Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has battled loyalty concerns for years. Critics blasted him for voting with President Barack Obama “99 percent of the time,” without much regard for whether those decisions best suited Colorado. Fair or not, the charges affected the senator’s approval ratings. In November, Bennet defeated a county commissioner with low statewide name…

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has battled loyalty concerns for years. Critics blasted him for voting with President Barack Obama “99 percent of the time,” without much regard for whether those decisions best suited Colorado. Fair or not, the charges affected the senator’s approval ratings. In November, Bennet defeated a county commissioner with low statewide name…

As we worry about global warming in 2017, we worried about overpopulation in the 1960s. Entrepreneurs saved us from the population bomb, and they might resolve climate change. So let’s give thanks for entrepreneurs and foster their work in Colorado Springs. “In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite…

You could say that America’s presidents have defined our country. Whether in crisis or during boom times, the person at the helm of the ship of state has an enormous responsibility and impact. Today we celebrate Presidents Day, the day to commemorate George Washington’s birthday and also Abraham Lincoln’s. It has become a time to…

With Scott Pruitt confirmed Friday as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, hope is on the way. The Obama administration’s EPA has taken a heavy toll on Colorado’s environment. The agency filed a costly lawsuit against Colorado Springs that threatens to enrich lawyers with money the city would otherwise invest to protect the environment from…

Human-caused global warming concerns, and a monopolized public utility, have made Pueblo a cautionary tale in the war on coal. Senate Bill 105, working through the Legislature with bipartisan support, provides a gesture of support for households and businesses getting smashed by monopolized, for-profit, public utility greed. As occasionally explained here, Colorado’s aggressive clean power…

President Donald Trump may be anti-Semitic, say a litany of journalists and social media pundits. If he’s not anti-Semitic, they charge, he actively sought support of anti- Semites during his campaign. If not that, he is somehow responsible for every troll who sends anti-Jewish hate mail. Wednesday, their claims met a formidable challenge. “There is…

Anti-energy activists have a constitutional right to zealously oppose oil and gas production. They can do this, even as some drive to demonstrations in gas-guzzlers and heat their homes with natural gas they want kept in the ground. Anti-energy protesters have the right to hold signs and yell at hardhat workers approaching drilling rigs for…