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Opinion

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    In a mix, the 2013 Dodge Durango...

     

     

     

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    ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ stretches...

    CNever a huge fan of either iconic sci-fi franchise, I always gave the various incarnations of “Star Trek” the label of the brainier, more-serious of the two.
        Sure, the TV series was ham-tastic thanks to William Shatner, but it always seemed to put the fascination of science and technology first in the science-fiction framework.

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    Column: Spring chill has led to...

    Is it over yet? Following what seems an endless succession of snowstorms, squalls and outright blizzards, the skies have finally cleared.

        Slowly, Mother Nature returns the heavens to the sunny disposition Colorado is famous for. Nice as it sounds, it’s about damn time for some sunshine around here. I actually heard a couple from Seattle reminiscing last week about how nice it’s been lately, the soggy gloom boosting their waterlogged memories.

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    Modern setting, tone fascinate in...

    Lyrical yet frustrating, Terrence Malick’s “To The Wonder” doesn’t try to say quite as much as his truly universal “The Tree of Life” but uses the same sparsity of on-screen dialogue to masterfully tell a story of longing and loss.

  • Democrats demonstrate line between...

    Because my picture is on this column, I am often recognized by people who want to tell me what they think of it. OK, it only happened twice. But, both times were positive. For that reason, I am a bit hesitant to start off with a negative statement, but here goes:
        I am not a tolerant person.
        That is right. You see, I became quite irritated during last year’s election hearing liberals/Democrats try to paint conservatives – like me – as bigoted. I do not find silly and untrue accusations irritating.

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    The 2013 S8: Audi’s secret super-...

     

     

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    Wild with gore, 'Hansel and...

     

     

    Brad McHargue
    Courtesy of ScreenInvasion.com

    Tommy Wirkola’s “Dead Snow” was a fun movie that didn’t take itself too seriously. Despite laying on the horror references pretty thick, it’s one of the better zombie films in recent memory, even if its subject matter is little more than one long, sustained note.

  • President Obama sells out his...

    Jim Hightower

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    Common sense? Not so common in gun...

    As an ex-military member and sport shooter, I’m solidly pro-Second Amendment.
        Some of my firearms came into my possession pre-Brady, some after. I’m not turning those over to any ridiculous gun buyback program offering pennies on the dollar, despite calls to tame gun violence by disarming responsible citizens.
        Nope, I’d just like a bit of sanity, lost in the craziness on both sides of the gun debate.

  • ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ a slow,...

    As kindling for debate about the war on terror, torture and America, director Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” was a success before it debuted.
        As an exercise in storytelling, it’s a tedious, tiring and confused look at the search for terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, as seen through the dogged effort of CIA operative Maya (the Oscar-nominated Jessica Chastain).

  • High-stakes testing and charters...

    By Emily Schwartz Greco
    and William A. Collins

    As the latest round of data culled from tests taken by schoolchildren around the world showed yet again, kids in Finland, South Korea, and other countries are outscoring our kids. Overall, we’re ranked No. 17.

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    A step backwards for landowners

    One has to wonder at the intent of the Weld County Commissioners. Hot on the heels of overriding their constituency on Amendment 64, the board took yet another step toward determining what is best for landowners in the county, despite recommendations to the contrary from a state commission assigned to study oil and gas development.

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    One way or another...

    Less than two months after dropping 500 employees from the Colorado rolls, Vestas offered yet another holiday surprise to their workforce. Starting this new year, workers in Weld County — including those in the Brighton plant — get their hours cut to 32 per week from the standard 40.

  • COLUMN: We can all celebrate peace...

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

    Oh, I’m not talking about mistletoe and holly. That stuff has nothing to do with the real spirit of Christmas in the USA. No, I’m talking about the wonderful time of the year when all the anti-religionists come out of the woodwork to complain about other people’s faith.

    They do this, not just because they have none of their own, but because they have no grasp of what it means to have any faith at all.

  • That which unites us all this...

    Luke 2:10-11: “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.”
     
    It might seem odd, that a Jewish person would be quoting a line from the New Testament. Even though the line is from the Christmas story we will all celebrate in only a few weeks.

  • Pension deficit disorder

    Scott Klinger
    Guest Columnist

    While America’s CEOs are fretting about the government’s so-called “fiscal cliff,” millions of American workers face a financial disaster that gets much less media attention. There’s a half-trillion-dollar deficit in the nation’s worker retirement benefits.

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    We need statesmen, not political...

    As our nation begins to recover from increasingly deeper wounds inflicted by another destructive election season, I would like to offer an observation.
        Before I get to the medicine, let me be clear about the infection. Partisanship, negative campaigning, personal attacks, hyperbole and character assassination is contaminating our American tissue. 

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    Visual gamble for first ‘Hobbit’...

    This isn’t “The Hobbit” you remember.
         Whether your touchstone is J.R.R. Tolkien’s book, the 1977 animated Rankin/Bass special or you’re just a fan of the recent “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” — director Peter Jackson’s first installment of another three-part film series — will be unlike just about any experience you’ve had with this story to date.

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    Review -- for the 2013 Lexus, the...

     

     

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    ‘Hitchcock’ a dark, comedic look at...

    You can’t judge a book by its cover, and you can’t do likewise of a movie by its title.
        Director Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock” is the second biopic-titled feature of the season (after “Lincoln”) that really only attempts to tell an isolated story in the life of a famous person.

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