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Potential tool for immigrant crime - Denver Post

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - Oct. 12 - GlobalVisasPotential tool for immigrant crimeDenver PostBy The Denver Post While Washington lawmakers remain mired in the seemingly intractable problem of dealing with illegal immigration, ...Napolitano immigration outrageThe Hill (blog)Illegal alien deportations upKETKIllegal-immigration debate is not about prejudiceSalt Lake TribuneNews-Leader.com -Examiner.com -Washington Postall 123 news articles »

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Insurers say health care bill will lead to system failure.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - By Jennifer Brown - Oct. 19 (News Report) - Colorado insurance executives, cautious supporters of health care reform throughout the past year, are now warning that current proposals could cause a "system collapse." At issue are what insurance companies consider absurdly low penalties for people who choose not to buy health insurance.

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U.S. health care is not inferior

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - By Vincent Carroll - Jun. 24 (Opinion) - The most annoying claim in America's health-care debate? Easy. It's the repeated charge that the U.S. gets inferior results despite spending much more on health care than other countries. Often this claim will be followed with the superficially appalling news that U.S. health care is ranked 37th in overall performance by the World Health Organization.

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Student-loan program on chopping block

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - By Aldo Svaldi - May. 06 (Special Report) - Lenders and schools in Colorado are fighting to save a program that once accounted for more than 80 percent of federal student loans in the state. The Obama administration has put the Federal Family Education Loan Program on the chopping block in the upcoming federal budget.

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Nestle plan sets off water war

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - By Jason Blevins - Mar. 24 (News Report) - A plan to suck, truck and bottle Arkansas Valley spring water has residents here crusading against the world's largest food and beverage company. "Nestle is seeking to drain the blood of Chaffee County," said Salida local Daniel Zettler during a fiery public hearing last week.

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The gulf between hope and change

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Denver Post - By David Sirota - Jan. 24 (Opinion) - History undoubtedly spurred some of our national outpouring this week. A black man being sworn in to lead a country built on slavery, segregation and persistent racism is an unfathomable landmark. There were also tears of prospective jubilation. Hearing a new president deliver a Rooseveltian "we're all in this together" speech instead of a Reagan-esque "every man for himself" implied the closure of an entire political era. In that sense, the moment felt like the first day of the rest of America's life. Transcending our past and beginning a new future — these are heady undertakings whose complexity and uncertainty explains the apprehension many sensed rumbling beneath their inaugural elation.

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Journalism's New Economics

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:05:32 -0700

Denver Post - By Julian Friedland - Aug. 15 (Opinion) - The media's primary mission is to inform, not entertain. Their rights are granted so they may elevate and educate by informing us of what are often difficult, nuanced and unwelcome truths. As it stands, this public mission is being forsaken in the name of private profit. It thus stands starkly before us as a modern market failure.

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