This Monday marked the 80th anniversary of Benito Mussolini’s last journey: from a village on the shores of Lake Como, where he had been held since his capture the day before, to a farmhouse a little ways to the north, where partisans positioned him in front of a wall and executed him by gunfire. When Adolf Hitler took his own life in a Berlin bunker two days later, it became clear that the first fascist era had come to a sudden, bloody, and well-deserved end.
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The Trans Athlete Debate Was Never About Sports
A good wedge issue doesn’t solve a problem — it creates one. It forces people to “pick a side” based on emotion, not evidence. That's the strategy that is now being turned against trans people.
The Shomer: RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry Evokes Nazi Child ‘Euthanasia’ Program
Though Kristallnacht happened on Nov. 9, 1938—marking the first large-scale pogrom against Jews under Nazi rule in Germany—Adolf Hitler’s “final solution” initiative to exterminate every Jew in Europe didn’t get rolling until late 1941.
Birthright Citizenship: What Is It and Why Does Trump Want to End It?
In my younger days, I heard if you were born on United States soil, you were a citizen. Plain and simple; at least, that’s what I thought.
Credit Card Swipe Fees are an Unnecessary Burden on Colorado Small Businesses and Customers
The hidden expenses of egregious credit card swipe fees remain a significant burden for small businesses.
With Journalism Dying, Lawmakers Shouldn’t Give Officials More Ways To Ignore Document-Requesting Citizens
A month before Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would give journalists a leg up over normal people when it comes to getting public records, the local NBC station in Colorado Springs laid off journalists, continuing a trend in local TV, as news audiences slide away or die.
Poem: Cycles
-For Iris, Rio, Sara, Gorio, Wylder, Mesa, Skyler, Benny, George & all our offspring
The PACT Act should be Expanded to Include VOC Exposure in Colorado Veterans
In Colorado, there are over 369,000 veterans, and regular health monitoring for VOCs and for the timely detection of malignant conditions is essential.