Opinion
Opinion | Hamilton: Walls: Then, and now
February 20, 2019 — First, let’s dispense with the ignorant hysteria about presidential declarations of national emergency. In all, there have been 58 such declarations. President Clinton declared 17, President G.W. Bush 13, and President Obama 12. Thirty-one declarations remain in effect to this day. Turning to America’s need
Opinion | Muftic: The Russian connection: Why care?
February 20, 2019 — While we are waiting for the Mueller Special Counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections to see if the Trump campaign or Donald Trump himself conspired with the Russians, ask ourselves, why should we care? The Russian connection did not register in the topOpinion | Hamilton: Rejected: Signora Giocondo’s picture
February 13, 2019 — Satire: Location: U.S. Post Office, almost Anywhere, USA: “Hello. How may I help you?” asked a postal worker. “I want to apply for a U.S. passport,” said the lovely lady. Handing over a document, she continued, “I have already filled out Form DS-82.” “My, forOpinion | Muftic: Recent polls are flashing warnings for both parties
February 13, 2019 — I have been following public opinion polls closely it seems forever. It is a habit I picked up during years of being active in politics, doing polling myself, and hiring pollsters. The value of nationwide polls is not predicting who or what will win on
Opinion | Letter: Mountain Parks Electric is good at spinning their story
February 7, 2019 — I am actually surprised and at the same time delighted to see Mr. Sifers defend the MPEI decisions to keep secrets from member/owners about their recent cost of service study and again claim they are simply covering operating costs while at the same time choosingOpinion | Hamilton: Border security: What should be done?
February 5, 2019 — Between now and Feb. 15, 2019, let us hope Congress will take some steps to improve our border security and maybe reform some of the crazy-quilt patchwork of our immigration statutes. For example: Physical barriers. Fund an in-depth system of pedestrian barriers that preclude illegalOpinion | Muftic: Trump gives ‘intelligence’ a bad name
February 5, 2019 — Aside from reports that Donald Trump has a short attention span and poor reading comprehension skills, there is another, disturbing meaning to Trump’s definition of “intelligence.” Those who have tried to brief him, including his former secretary of state, reportedly called him a “*******moron.” There
Guest column: A childhood love of the NFL is nearly lost, especially after that Super Bowl
February 5, 2019 — Watching Bill Belichick storm around the sideline on Sunday yelling, “What's going on?” to the referees pretty much summed it up for me. Two minutes left in the Super Bowl, there's a penalty, and one of the most experienced NFL ambassadors of our time doesn't
Opinion | Muftic: Trump’s success in killing polite speech
January 30, 2019 — Donald Trump has succeeded in one very important way. He has given a permission slip to Americans to be openly and publicly disrespectful of one another. Political correctness is a sin. Polite speech is a relic. In fact, he has succeeded so well, that respectOpinion | Hamilton: Remembered: The cuckoo CODELS
January 30, 2019 — This former member of the Intelligence Community (IC) had to laugh when that clearly marked U.S Air Force bus was on Capitol Hill loading up Speaker Pelosi’s Congressional Delegation (CODEL) overseas junket. At that point, even Inspector Clouseau would know a CODEL was leaving and,
Opinion | Letter: Protection of Americans a prime responsibility
January 22, 2019 — It was said in a letter to the editor by Ron Fischer of Fraser last week that, "Trump's rhetoric, laced with half-truths and lies, are motivated to appeal to a handful of commentators on Fox News, as well as Trump's 'base.'" Really? Fischer goes on
Opinion | Letter: Thank you to town of Winter Park
January 22, 2019 — As the supportive arm of the Grand County Animal Shelter, the Grand County Pet Pals would like to thank the town of Winter Park for their generous grant award this year. Because of their ongoing and faithful support, we have been able to continue to
Opinion | Hamilton: NATO to TACO: Saving Latin America
January 21, 2019 — Does President Trump’s proposed drawdown of U.S. forces in Syria and Afghanistan suggest a return to our pre-WWII Isolationist past? Actually, Isolationism is not an option. You see, on December 2, 1942, the coded message: “The Italian navigator has landed in the New World,” announced
Opinion | Muftic: Why do I hate walls? It’s personal.
January 21, 2019 — I spent my junior year, 1958-59, in Berlin before the detested Wall was built. Berlin in that post-World War II period was an island of freedom surrounded by Soviet-controlled East Germany. What I have learned is no wall dividing nations and people from each other
Opinion | Letter: Law works in very strange ways
January 18, 2019 — This letter is in regards to the article posted in your newspaper Jan. 18, 2019: “Driver in 2017 fatal crash south of Kremmling gets prison sentence.” That driver is Brandon Wilson and I am his mother. I am heartbroken over all the events surrounding thisOpinion | Muftic: Trump’s lies, autocratic tries, and Russian ties
January 16, 2019 — Trump's lies, autocratic tries, and Russian ties have not seemed to bother his core supporters and the overwhelming majority of Republicans still stand by their man. Per Jan. 10-11 polls, Trump's job approval stands little changed at around 37-40 percent, but those disapproving, especially independentsOpinion | Hamilton: Border Security: A time for deciding
January 16, 2019 — As of this writing, the dispute between those who are for additional border security and those who want open borders remains unresolved and a portion of the federal government is shut down. That, however, does not prevent an examination of the logic or illogic in
Opinion | Muftic: Trump’s kitchen cabinet: FOX, Breitbart, Putin and Erdogan
January 10, 2019 — In United States history a number of presidents did not rely on their staff and cabinet for advice, but took cues from cronies, friends, and trusted peers. Those informal advisers were called "kitchen cabinets." They did not actually meet in a kitchen, but nonetheless theyOpinion | Hamilton: Hollywood rejects Wonderland-Orwellian thriller
January 10, 2019 — Satire. Once upon a time, a Hollywood screenwriter pitched the studio head of 20th Century Metro a screen play for a political thriller. Here’s the plot: The presidential candidate of the Blue Party, known as the Blue Queen, became so afraid of the candidate of
