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Opinion

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    Column: Why I am a conservative

    As a politically conservative Jew, I am often asked by other conservatives, “Why are Jews liberal Democrats?”

        However, liberal Jews ask me, “Why are you a conservative Republican?” The reason is actually simple. I am a conservative because I am so liberal.

        I believe in liberal values so emphatically that it makes me a conservative. Foremost, I believe in the Declaration of Independence: “…all men are created equal.”

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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.

  • Absurdity of ‘hate-free zones’ not...

    Al Jacobson

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    When in Rome...

    I’m not one to write religion articles, particularly opinion pieces, but I’ll break my own rule because those running the show in Rome have broken so many others.
        Amid all the fanfare surrounding the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, a litany of scandals grows larger by the day. Rampant claims of pedophilia plague the institution, exceeded in their notoriety only by the alleged cover-ups by diocesan leaders, with tendrils leading as far upward as the Vatican.

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    ‘Giant Slayer’ does just enough to...

     

     

    Brad McHargue
    Film Critic

    So fairy tales are the new “it” thing to adapt into feature length films, huh? It seems like only yesterday we were being inundated with mock revisionist history featuring our 16th president laying waste to vampires — now we’re faced with classic fairy tales being stretched into narratives, a potential trend that’s no less disconcerting than wave after wave of found footage horror movies.

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    The Future of Ford’s F-Series, or...

     

     

  • PERSPECTIVE: Debate on gun bills a...

    There’s a level of rhetoric and bad logic inherent in the Colorado Legislature any day politicians go to the well to debate. Last Friday, it was off the charts.
        The degree of intellectual dishonesty on display during the debate on House Bill 1224 — a measure to limit magazine capacity to 15 rounds in Colorado — was astounding for such a high-profile issue.

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    Women in combat: All things being...

    With Leon Panetta’s decision to open all combat roles to military women, the concept of Pandora’s Box reveals an entirely new facet. Rather than promoting equality, the mandate exposes inequities, many resulting in enhanced risk for warriors, male and female, across the military.

  • The very best valentine ever

    Don Kraus
    Guest Columnist

    This year I came up with the best Valentine’s Day gift ever for my wife and daughter.
        It’s inexpensive and, unlike a bouquet of flowers, should last beyond their lifetimes. They’ll love it! I can’t think of a better way to express how much I love them.

  • We don’t need a secretary of...

    Donald Kaul

  • 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.

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    REVIEW: Matt Damon's anti-...

    If you’re going to make a blatantly political film to advance your point of view, you should make sure it’s good.

    But sometimes the passion in a passion project is so strong, you lose sight of things.

    That’s the case in “Promised Land,” an anti-fracking polemic disguised as a morality tale pitting a salesman for a natural gas company (Matt Damon) and an environmental activist (John Krasinski, “The Office”) against one another for the soul and shale of small-town America.

  • 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.

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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.

  • The secessionist tempest

    Jim Hightower

  • 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.

  • Corruption in Afghanstan

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    ‘Life of Pi’ a visual masterpiece

    For all the words I’ve spent in writing about film bemoaning the improper and seemingly ubiquitous use of computer-generated graphics, not to mention the cash-grabbing surge in 3D filmmaking, I couldn’t fail to make it very clear when someone gets it right.

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