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A new day
The Grand Junction Free Press is approaching its seventh anniversary and there is reason to celebrate. more...
02/07/2010 5:41pm
Time, look what you've done to me
She said: Are you over being upset with me because I wasn't ready to leave so you could be somewhere fifteen minutes early? You realize standing there waiting for me only slows me down. Why don't you check the dogs' water or get the...
  02/07/2010 3:16pm
Bada Bing! Uncovering a great actor's first film
On the night of June 10, 2007, for 10 seconds, I stared gape-mouthed at a black, silent television screen. Me and 11,899,999 other Americans.
  02/04/2010 9:01pm
Stiles Column: The ‘Secret' Places
What makes anything special? It's not just its beauty.
  02/04/2010 8:58pm
Why does your party vote mean
Sometimes this column writing thing is so easy.
  02/04/2010 8:16pm
An iPad by any other name
Two different stories stopped me in my tracks this week, and made me ask myself why I didn't know anything about either of them.
  02/02/2010 7:45pm
New taxes will further cripple state
One thing you must hand to the Democrats — if nothing else, they are predictable.
  02/02/2010 5:29pm
At least Dan Maes answered the questions
Recently, the Supreme Court struck down part of the McCain-Feingold censorship law in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The decision is tragic because the Court only partially restored the First Amendment, and apparently four of...
  01/31/2010 5:57pm
Population growth, transportation on the rise in Mesa County
Do you believe that traffic congestion is an issue of concern in Mesa County? Are you tired of bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Interstate 70 Business Loop as you drive to the Mesa Mall area?
  01/31/2010 12:34pm
Health care reform may not die with Sen.-elect Brown
Are you a Republican that prefers a universal health care system — a system that provides basic health services to all citizens? Newly elected Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is one such Republican.
  01/28/2010 5:52pm
Post State of the Union
Thursday morning may be the perfect time to be writing about President Barack Obama's first State of the Union message to Congress and the nation.
  01/28/2010 5:25pm
I want a new Congress and Supreme Court
Have you ever looked around at your family and thought to yourself “I must have been adopted!” or, “Who ARE these people?” I'm having that problem with my political family, the Democrats, and I am not a happy family member.
  01/26/2010 8:11pm
A victory for free speech
This past week was, overall, a good one for conservatives.
  01/26/2010 7:50pm
Equal opportunity to mess up
She said: My emotional reaction to the Martin Luther King ceremonies recently energized me despite the weather that continues to stymie the hope of spring. His words still make me tear up because his efforts were so important to me. The Equal Employment...
  01/24/2010 5:41pm
The optimistic aspects of outrage and dissent
Long ago, I was chatting with one of my favorite Grand Junction abstract/performance artists, a hopelessly cheery woman who I adore. But I was shocked almost to tears when she accused me of being too negative. (Here we go again...) Negative?...ME?
  01/21/2010 9:08pm
Minority rule?
The only sure thing, after Tuesday's election in Massachusetts, is that some things will be a bit different in Washington, D.C. And that some things may, unfortunately, remain the same.
  01/21/2010 5:31pm
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