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    Guest Contributor - December 25, 2018
    Here are some possible items of note to help convince Mr. Trump that climate change might not be the best thing since sliced bread.

    Turning Trump around

    Rich Manieri - December 23, 2018
    One of the highlights of Festivus is the "airing of grievances," which I believe is a worthwhile real-life exercise at least once a year.

    The airing of grievances

    Will Durst - December 23, 2018
    Due to our growth, our prodigious water use, and the dramatic change in Colorado Plateau precipitation, Washington County's water issues are worsening.

    Our problem with water

    Guest Contributor - December 23, 2018
    Trump's last chance for a wall is quickly approaching. By Saturday, we'll learn if he had the balls to do it.

    Trump’s last chance for a wall

    Michael Reagan - December 22, 2018
    Illegal immigration matters to some of us. If only Ivanka chokes up again, maybe her father will stop choking on the border wall.

    Bipartisanship is another word for ignoring the base

    Michael Shannon - December 22, 2018
    Traditional treatment for heart failure is itself failing. We can achieve far greater success by embracing new technology that can better monitor and treat heart failure.

    Heart failure … and success

    Guest Contributor - December 21, 2018
    Importing socialist price controls such as an "international pricing index" would inevitably restrict which medicines patients can access.

    Azar’s crackdown on foreign freeloading misses the mark

    Guest Contributor - December 21, 2018
    We need the next Secretary of the Interior to be familiar with Native American/Alaska Native tribes and protect objects of historic and scientific interest.

    We need a Secretary of the Interior who works for the...

    Guest Contributor - December 21, 2018
    Have yourself a merry little hedgehog. I have two for sale now. Heck, I'll even throw in a pair of toenail clippers and a gently-used hazmat suit.

    Have yourself a merry little hedgehog

    Guest Contributor - December 20, 2018
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