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One toke over the line?
“Sweet Jesus,” Tom Shipley and Mike Brewer sang in the 1970 release that became their only real hit, “One Toke Over The Line.” more...
11/19/2009 10:54pm
Juggling devils, known and unknown
I'm not eligible for Medicare, yet, but that time is coming. When it does, I don't want to sign up—I don't want to participate. When I'm eligible, I'll be forced out of Marillac, which has taken such good care of me, and I'll be thrown to the...
  11/17/2009 10:08pm
Restoration, not revolution
One of the by-products of a super-charged political atmosphere, like the one we currently are living in, is words that gain a certain traction, and whose meaning tends to get lost in the repetition. We often find words that have several meanings; A) the...
  11/17/2009 10:07pm
Dreaming of dreaming
He said: Even though the days of ghouls and goblins are past, I am only feeling like a ghost of myself. I steel myself for my least favorite time of the year, November and December. You know I love Thanksgiving, the time with family, and the lights and...
  11/15/2009 4:35pm
Why annexation makes sense
Petition circulators are making their way through the Phase I area of Clifton-Fruitvale proposed for annexation to the city of Grand Junction. If enough petitions are signed by property owners, the application will be submitted to the City Council for...
  11/15/2009 3:59pm
In defense of getting lost
The state of “being lost” does not have a positive connotation in the minds of most of us nowadays and it's true, it can be a terrifying and even deadly experience.
  11/12/2009 8:50pm
Tragedy, triumph and disappointment
It's been quite a week.
  11/12/2009 8:50pm
Reflections and lessons from Nov. 3
A week has passed since the conclusion of one of the most closely watched and deliberated off-year elections in recent memory. While the intervening time period has allowed for sober analysis, the nature of the political arena has also served to relegate...
  11/10/2009 9:01pm
The crazy will always outsmart the sane
Let's see. We have a creep who kidnapped a little girl and kept her for 18 years.We have another creep who kept 11 dead women in and around his apartment.

Then we have a really screwed up guy who massacres people at Fort Hood.
  11/10/2009 8:55pm
Veterans Day is for ordinary people accomplishing the extraordinary
When then-Governor Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, “Where do we find such men?”
  11/10/2009 8:39pm
Time for America to get off foreign oil
As a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I am appalled by how dependent both our economy and our military are on oil purchased from other countries. 
  11/08/2009 1:42pm
If planet did warm, low-cost tech could cool it
In our last column we expressed skepticism that human-caused global warming will ever amount to much. We have little trust in the politically subsidized computer simulations responsible for most of the fuss.
  11/08/2009 12:09pm
Trick or trick?
As an associate at a super center retail store here in the Grand Valley, I see all kinds of interesting people.
  11/05/2009 9:51pm
Election reflection
Interesting, isn't it.
  11/05/2009 9:48pm
Bold decisions required on Afghanistan
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week”
  11/03/2009 7:08pm
Taking exception to exceptionalism
“American Exceptionalism.”Somehow, I missed the chapter on American Exceptionalism, so when the term started popping up recently, I had to look it up. I was aware that some people seemed to think that America was a “chosen”...
  11/03/2009 7:07pm
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