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Colorado Springs City Council

From the Frontlines: Marijuana Reform Moves Closer for Colorado Springs

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Perspective for Hire

Since the Colorado Springs City Council banned retail marijuana sales and the subsequent regulation that would come with it, citizens have been disgruntled, to say the least. When the votes were counted, 4,947 votes were ignored in lieu of political and corporate interests. However, the Springs’ citizenry didn’t stop after …

Perspective for Hire

  • From the Frontlines: Marijuana Reform Moves Closer for Colorado Springs
    From the Frontlines: Marijuana Reform Moves Closer for Colorado Springs

    Since the Colorado Springs City Council banned retail marijuana sales and the subsequent regulation that would come with it, citizens have been disgruntled, to say Read more →

  • An Exclusive Interview with Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia
    An Exclusive Interview with Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia

    Joe Garcia, the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, has been engaged in academic oversight and guidance for quite some time, having served as President of Pikes Peak Community College Read more →

Opinion

  • Time to Hit a Home Run in Downtown Colorado Springs
    Time to Hit a Home Run in Downtown Colorado Springs

    The controversy surrounding the proposal to relocate the Colorado Springs Sky Sox’s stadium has become a misguided battle between perception and reality. The impression many citizens seem to have is that Mayor Steve Bach is a puppet of some very Read more →

  • The Blight of Young Adult Fiction
    The Blight of Young Adult Fiction

    Getting booed by a class of thirteen-year-old girls only required four words from me: “I didn’t like Twilight.” The clamor subsided once I launched into some logical reasons behind the choice: Bella is a poor Read more →

  • Lab-Grown Meat: Your Dinner of the Near Future
    Lab-Grown Meat: Your Dinner of the Near Future

    Modern technology has made food cheaper, more transportable, pathogen resistant, and even amusing. Still, many manufactured foods contain little nutritional value, and produce markets around the globe continue to become increasingly geographically homogeneous. Food industrialization Read more →

Analysis

  • The Dalai Lama on Religion’s Place in the World: Your Thoughts?
    The Dalai Lama on Religion’s Place in the World: Your Thoughts?

    Following is a quote from the Dalai Lama, taken from his Facebook website. Please share your thoughts on this in the comments section below: “All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, Read more →

  • Guessing the Fate of the Cosmos
    Guessing the Fate of the Cosmos

    The hope that humanity will one day expand beyond its solar system, drift in space on self-supporting vessels, and explore other planets is almost universal. The theme occupies a central place in science fiction. We Read more →

  • Silk Road’s Closure: An Impactful Hit on the Illegal Drug Market
    Silk Road’s Closure: An Impactful Hit on the Illegal Drug Market

    As you have probably already heard, the FBI recently seized and closed down the notorious black market Internet site “Silk Road,” along with its creator, twenty-nine year old Ross Ulbricht. While many law-and-order types gathered Read more →

News

  • The West Nile Virus Remains an Unwelcome Visitor
    The West Nile Virus Remains an Unwelcome Visitor

    Despite its relative obscurity, the West Nile Virus still poses a potential threat to nearly anyone in America, which means its origins and evolution need to be understood. The West Nile Virus is carried by Read more →

  • White Tattoos Are In
    White Tattoos Are In

    Over the past few years, a new style of tattoo has made an appearance in the ink world. Specifically, the artist still creates a shape or design, but instead of using black or various colors Read more →

  • In Memory of Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013
    In Memory of Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013

    Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Read more →

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    I was seventeen when my grandfather died. As we drove in the limousines to Arlington Cemetery in New York, I looked out the window and saw children playing and people Read more →

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