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May: President Obama’s last to-do list
Some goals he won’t achieve, other goals it would be better if he doesn’t achieve Barack Obama is now in his final days as president but, as he made clear on his visit to Asia last week, there are goals he still hopes to achieve before leaving office. Closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay…
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Trump chief won’t reveal North Korea plan as tensions mount
Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump’s campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee’s approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump’s plan, said only, “He wouldn’t do what’s being done now.” “He’s not going…
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May: Tracking freedom’s enemies
A new State Department report confirms most people are denied basic human rights If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is happening in the 21st…
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May: The problem with globalism
And why isolationism is not the solution Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.” That line from Donald Trump’s long and emphatic speech to the Republican National Convention jumped out at me. I think I know what he meant: that he prioritizes America’s national interests above those of the wider world. If so, most Americans…
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Letter: Congress must fund missile defense system
Editor: The simple fact that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons, no matter how far along they are in the process, calls into question how secure our country really is. (See Clifford May’s column, “National security policies of the next commander-in-chief,” published on May 26 in The Statesman.) In order for our country to have security against…
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Lakewood High School students see “our government in action”
Lakewood High School students who traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the Close Up program gave the experience high marks. The students had appointments to see U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner, a Republican, and Michael Bennet, a Democrat, along with their congressman, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Jefferson County. They weren’t planning on meeting Colorado Secretary…
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The Hot Sheet, February 18, 2016
By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Thursday, February 18, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and welcome to The Hot Sheet, Colorado’s premier daily political newsletter. Here’s to a productive and smooth Thursday for you. “Political convulsions, like geological upheavings, usher in new epochs of the world’s progress.” — Wendell Phillips Now your substrata…
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Bystanders to genocide
President Obama and his team promised to do better It’s surprising how time slips away: Five years ago next month, President Obama proclaimed a “responsibility to act” when American “interests and values are at stake.” He made that statement in a major address at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. Within days, a no-fly…
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The Hot Sheet, February 8, 2016
By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Monday, February 8, 2016 DENVER – One day to the New Hampshire primary. Today, an unusual Monday — one with cause for celebration. The Denver Broncos are now three-time Super Bowl champs! Yes, they won Super Bowl 50, 24-10, against the Carolina Panthers yesterday … in case you were living under a rock this weekend. …