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Promises, promises
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Long Time Passing
Rocky cartoonist Ed Stein inks the final installment in his series
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That familiar refrain
Peter Brown says there's a reason Obama speech felt like de ja vu
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Was it worth it?
After last DNC confetti has fallen, Andrew Romanoff is optimistic
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Surge of silence
Josh Penry sees where Obama would have to admit McCain is right
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Partisan history
Dave Kopel says don't be too quick to deny MLK was a Republican
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All fired up
Patty Limerick argues that a great speech needs a great audience
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'Toon time
Don't miss Drew Litton's and Rich Moyer's convention animations
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Conventional chuckles
ComedyWorks presents Stephanie McHugh with her take on the DNC
History in Denver
After four days of hype and scripted praise, of films, tributes and anecdotes that portrayed Barack Obama as a seer and prophet nearly ready to walk on water, it was almost possible to forget before the main event Thursday night at Invesco Field that the nomination of the junior senator from Illinois truly was a historic milestone.
- Denver should target dangerous animals, not an entire breed
- Unvaccinated kids fuel threat of epidemic
- Hillary Clinton's next chapters
- Denver teacher contract pumps money into the right places
- Truthers, over and out
- Perhaps a light in the tunnel at last
- The blogger mix
- A sigh of relief after Day One of protests
- Biden. Really?
ROSEN: Moderates schmoderates
The Democrats' convention in Denver is over, concluding with a rhetorical flourish by Barack Obama, the Pied Piper of Platitudes. And all will be sunshine, lollypops and rainbows in the land. Ideology and partisanship are out. Good government and moderation are in.
- CAMPOS: Dogmatic atheism
- WILL: Obama's fiscal fairy tale
- KOPEL: In its obsession with Polis, Times misses other news
- CARROLL: Questions for Barack Obama
- ROSEN: Fairness Doctrine unrealistic
- SAMUELSON: The real China threat
- HART: The kids we wanted and the ones we got
- Ellen GOODMAN: Equal Rites 2008
- CAMPOS: Distorted body images
Rep. Salazar lauded for drilling stance
I applaud U.S. Rep. John Salazar's endorsement of environmentally responsible offshore oil exploration as part of the solution to our energy problems. Now he just needs to get House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to see the light.
- Trivial matters clogging our courts
- Clean up 'dirty game'
- Slow down, save gas
- Jeffco Commissioner flip flopping on animal shelter
- Keep Grafner's stepfather’s trial in fore front of news
- Unions themselves benefit from low cost stores becoming unionized
- Obama and Biden offer only quick fixes
- Message to Hillary supporters
- Schaffer's "family values" should start at home
DOBBS: The flying's better in Beirut
I just finished lunch. On an airplane. In coach. You can rightly conclude from just that information alone that I'm not flying over any piece of America.
- HANCOCK: Police presence essential for safe, peaceful convention
- LIMERICK: Fuzz-y feelings
- BRACKMAN: People of Golden exhibit moral clarity
- LYNCH: CCU case upholds free exercise of religion
- PUNCEC: A quick tour of the Centennial State for delegates to the Democratic convention
- SWENSON: Bait-and-switch by gun lobby
- CONVERY: New day for African-Americans
- HICKENLOOPER: New West on the world stage
- LIMERICK: Western pols often can't be pigeonholed
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