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Sticking with what works when it comes to Medicare — lessons for Republicans and Democrats

The Democratic and Republican Congressional budget plans proffered by House and Senate budget committee chairs must be viewed more as acts of political theater than serious fiscal roadmaps. ; Even though symbolic votes have taken place, neither plan has a…

No big kiss — the Denver Post’s controversial cover

March 11, 2013: Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, left, Rep. Tony Exum, D- Colorado Springs confer as the Civil Unions Bill is debated in the House Chamber at the Capitol. (AP) PreviousNext In reporting the Colorado legislature’s vote to approve…

Why Lent?

Why do Lent? From the first centuries of Christianity the Church has encouraged a time of preparation for Easter that includes prayer and fasting. As early as 203 A.D., one of the early church fathers, Ireneaus, said that the various…

Obama practices the divisive politics he eschews in Inaugural speech

“That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these values – of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American.” The president spoke these words with conviction, and in the tone of the President…

Church devastated by super storm Sandy looks forward to Christmas mass

For years The Oasis Christian Center had been a gathering place for the residents of Midland Beach, on the Eastern shore of Staten Island, New York. “We’ve done our best,” Pastor Tim McIntyre said, “to reach our community with God’s…

A ‘Sandy’ Santa visits the Jersey Shore

It’s around this time of year when Vanessa Beard hopes for a white Christmas. “Christmas is important to me,” she says as she walks around her home in Keansburg, N.J. “I look forward to it. Every year we go out…

Ed Asner defends crude union video, asks to "piss on" Fox News producer

Even Lou Grant never treated newsroom employees this badly. Ed Asner, the 83-year-old, seven-time Emmy Award winner who recently narrated an animated California teachers union video that initially depicted a rich man urinating on common folks, bristled when a Fox…

Our defiant and uncompromising president

This week’s press conference was more of the same President Obama whom we saw on the campaign trail this year. He was resolute and even defiant. And though there was more conciliation at times than we are normally used to…

Maryland voters to decide whether in-state tuition applies to illegal immigrants

Ricky Campos was at the top of his high school class in Silver Spring, Md. “I worked very hard,” he said recently. “I like learning.” But unlike other high-achieving Maryland teenagers, Campos is barred from receiving in-state tuition rates at…

Review: Apple iPad mini smaller, still the gold standard

Oct. 23, 2012: Apple introduced the iPad mini, a new iPad design that is 23 percent thinner. (Apple) Oct. 23, 2012: Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, introduces the iPad Mini in San Jose, Calif. (AP…