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Garbo: How Castle Rock is leading the charge on Denver’s migration crisis  
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Garbo: How Castle Rock is leading the charge on Denver’s migration crisis  

By C. J. Garbo | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The Dec. 4 article from the Castle Rock News-Press covering Castle Rock's support for President Trump's deportation plans reports on how the town is addressing a critical issue that challenges us to confront the real-life consequences of moral relativism and virtue signaling in border policy. A clear, enforceable immigration system is not merely a political preference but a moral imperative with direct implications for human lives and national security. Morality is not subjective; it is grounded in universal principles such as justice, order, and the protection of life. Abandoning border enforcement under the guise of compassion is not virtuous - it invites chaos. Failing to uphold the rule of law emboldens human tra...
Russel: Trump won big, Republicans less so… Here’s the lessons for 2026
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Russel: Trump won big, Republicans less so… Here’s the lessons for 2026

By Robert Russel | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Donald Trump’s impressive electoral victory is indeed a mandate for the man and his agenda. For Republicans in Congress, it was an underwhelming fizzle. With 10 or more House races slipping through their fingers, atop four senate races yet again blown by Mitch McConnell’s epic incompetence, one almost wonders how Republicans even got a majority at all. The answer is Donald Trump.  It was Trump, not Mike Johnson, who rescued hapless Republicans from the odor of Project 2025 by linking Democrats to the Harris-Biden record, and by providing a 20-point electoral platform of positive action to solve real problems.  And but for Trump, and a grassroots army of both underpaid and volunteer ballot chasers who worked ...
Caldara: Taxpayers foolishly subsidized my new electric car
Commentary, completecolorado.com

Caldara: Taxpayers foolishly subsidized my new electric car

By Jon Caldara | Commentary, Complete Colorado I want to thank the taxpayers of Colorado for my brand-new car. Really, thanks to each and every one of you dupes. You see, I have never in my 60 years had a brand new, off-the-lot automobile. Instead, I buy used, and I mean really used, cars and drive them until they drop. Out of college I bought a sexy $500 Datsun 210 and sold it eight years later for $950. My current beater is a 2010 Nissan Altima. I bought it with 95,000 miles for $6,000. It now has over 200,000 miles and still going strong. I drive ugly, old used cars. Why do I drive these cars? Simply, because I know what women like. While they’ll rarely admit it out loud, when a woman sees a bald man tooling around town in a 15-year-old rusted-out Japanese car she can’t help...
Daniel: A brighter future for Colorado will be lead through innovation, not big government
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Daniel: A brighter future for Colorado will be lead through innovation, not big government

By Bobbie Daniel | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado faces a declining economic reality: high inflation, soaring gas prices, stagnant wages, rising unemployment and an increasingly unaffordable housing market. Yet, this does not have to define our future. Colorado stands at the brink of a transformative innovation revival, fueled by our abundant natural resources, innovative spirit and entrepreneurial drive. By embracing these strengths, we can lead the nation into a future that balances conservation stewardship with economic prosperity. To achieve this, we must move away from heavy-handed government control and toward systems that reward innovation, empower communities and unlock the full potential of our state’s resources. Progress has always been driven by innovation...
Sullivan: Getting real news is a journey of truthful context, allowing citizens to make informed decisions
Commentary, Texas Scorecard

Sullivan: Getting real news is a journey of truthful context, allowing citizens to make informed decisions

By Michael Quinn Sullivan | Commentary, Texas Scorecard Most of what passes for “news” today is little more than warmed-over propaganda designed to serve the ruling elite. The foolishly described “mainstream” media (there is nothing “mainstream” about them) are shills for the far left. At the same time, many of the seemingly “conservative” outlets pander to whichever moderate Republican officeholder tickles their ears. Citizens deserve better. Here is how I define news: the facts of the day told in their truthful context, allowing citizens to make informed decisions. Every single citizen is, or can be, a journalist. Journalism is the purposeful activity of gathering relevant information and presenting it in a straightforward manner without deceit, manipulation, or unnecessary jarg...
Sloan: Who is really a threat to the U.S. Constitution?
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Sloan: Who is really a threat to the U.S. Constitution?

By Kelly Sloan | Contributing Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice There remains a great deal of amusement to be had at the expense of our friends on the left who continue, at D-Day-plus-one month, with eruptions of hysteria at the realization that more Americans preferred the specter of life under Donald Trump to that of one under Kamala Harris. Disappointment is understandable; pointed criticism is good, even necessary to democratic hygiene in a free society, but here and there we see examples of feverishness bumping against the boundaries of madness, even among experienced journalists who ought to know better -- or at least ought to possess the awareness to self-regulate. Ruth Marcus’ job description tells you all you need to know about her ideological persuasions. She is a columni...
Dr. Joondeph: Presidential polling postmortem winners and losers
American Thinker, Commentary

Dr. Joondeph: Presidential polling postmortem winners and losers

By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker Election 2024 is in the rearview mirror. Pollsters won’t be bombarding voters anymore. Today’s entertainment is liberal heads exploding on social media or the latest Democrat threatening - but not actually following through on - everything from drinking cyanide to setting themselves on fire to leaving the country if Donald Trump won the election. So far, few have followed through on their promises, although a handful have left the country. Good riddance to them. Trump did win, bigly, in a landslide of sorts. He won the Electoral College handily, 312 to 226. Trump also won the popular vote, 49.9% to 48.3%. As a divided country, the popular vote will always be close. Thus, in 1980, w...
Devotional: Mercy in the power of a pardon must be rooted in truth
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Devotional: Mercy in the power of a pardon must be rooted in truth

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The words "pardon" and "mercy" beautifully complement each other, leading to profound consequences and uplifting experiences. Recent discussions on political pardons reveal the true essence of mercy and underscore the importance of seeking forgiveness in line with God's principles, rather than the selfish and dishonest routes often seen in human behavior. Mercy is a vital manifestation of God’s love, and it has the power to transform lives. The key lies in having faith in God’s mercy to comprehend real mercy and recognize when pardon is justifiable.  President Joe Biden and I share a common experience — not in political views, but in the challenge of having sons who can be foolish and come from privileged backgrounds. My son,...
Garbo: The aftermath of COVID-19, a profound failure of leadership, media and accountability
Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

Garbo: The aftermath of COVID-19, a profound failure of leadership, media and accountability

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The House Oversight & Accountability Committee’s After-Action Review of the COVID-19 pandemic, released on Dec. 2, presents a scathing indictment of the government’s, media’s and political organizations’ handling of the crisis. It exposes systemic failures, deceptions and outright betrayals that exacerbated the suffering of millions. This report not only lays bare the consequences of incompetence and political agendas but also raises the unsettling question: Did fear and ignorance drive this failure, or was it a calculated assault on the American people? The revelation that COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, should shake the very foundations of public trust in our institutions. For years, the medi...
Hegseth: I’ve faced fire before. I won’t back down
Commentary, The Wall Street Journal

Hegseth: I’ve faced fire before. I won’t back down

By Pete Hegseth | Commentary, The Wall Street Journal On these pages 18 years ago I penned an article titled “More Troops, Please.” I was a young U.S. Army lieutenant who had just completed a combat tour in Iraq, and believed we needed more troops and a new strategy to turn the war around. I had seen a lot, been through a lot, and believed in my troops and the mission. Ever since then, I have been fighting for our troops. I didn’t know it at the time, but that op-ed launched my next mission—fighting for the warriors on the home front. Like many veterans of my generation, when I came home I jumped into a new mission—always looking for a way to channel the sense of purpose that had been unleashed in combat. READ THE FULL COMMENTARY AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL