Well, this presidential election cycle has taken a turn for the surreal, hasn’t it? Three of the candidates drawing the largest crowds — Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — are characters you’d expect to see written into the pages of satire. Unfortunately, this is an actual run for chief executive of what’s still […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Mesa County and four other Western Colorado counties could for the first time violate national ozone standards and suffer harm to their local economies as a result if proposed regulations are implemented, a new report warns. The Center for Regulatory Solutions (CRS), a project of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Council, […]
Most people, regardless of their views on abortion, were revolted by recent videos showing Planned Parenthood officials talking cavalierly about the harvesting of healthy fetal body parts and discussing the terms of the sale of those parts over wine at lunch. A bit of national nausea is in order. Debate over the moral propriety of […]
John Kerry spends an awful lot of time these days trying to sell the Obama administration’s latest foreign policy mistakes — the restoration of normal ties with communist Cuba and the deal they made with the Iranians. It’s a tough sell, and it doesn’t help that Kerry’s arguments flirt with incredulity. Kerry said in an […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said she decided not to appeal a court ruling threatening to close a Northwest Colorado coal mine to provide certainty for the operation and the more than 200 miners who work there. “We didn’t appeal because we determined that it would be better to address the […]
In a 1984 lecture on public policy, Judge Robert Bork related the story of English jurist Baron Parke being asked what gave him the greatest pleasure in the law, to which Parke replied, “Writing a strong opinion.” Pressed to explain what exactly he meant, the imperishable answer was, “It is an opinion in which, by […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times As Western Slope area manager for Xcel Energy for 25 years, Fred Eggleston not only represented the utility in the community, but also was involved in the community. It was a role Eggleston said he cherished. Now that’s retired, others said Eggleston leaves a legacy of service. Eggleston announced his […]
It’s unlikely one would ever lack for examples of socialist failure. But should you ever find yourself at such a loss, the one that stands out perhaps most profoundly of late is Greece. Greece’s problems are many and not small. The little Mediterranean nation has accumulated a debt nearly two times its GDP, has an […]
Let’s take a quick stock of the world scene, shall we? ISIS continues to ravage the cradle of humanity, taking and ransacking ancient cities, reversing the gains we fought for in Iraq and seemingly growing as an international threat despite a rather lackluster bombing campaign. In the most important ways, the area controlled by ISIS […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A new program in the Grand Valley helps military veterans and others who’ve served their community receive discounts or credits when buying or selling their homes. Sandy Borman, principal of the Borman Group at Keller Williams Colorado West Realty in Grand Junction, has brought the Heroes Home Advantage program to […]