Compentency vs Incompentency

The recent special legislative session was of particular interest to me and my office for its purported emphasis on public safety issues.

Guest Column: A new generic diabetes drug shows how medical innovation works

The drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals made history in June by launching the first-ever generic version of a GLP-1 diabetes drug.

FIRE AT WILL

At first I thought it was a scam that’s become all too common on the internet these days. Call me about a tragedy that happened to someone we both know. I hesitated to call.

Letters to the Editor . . .

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Travels in Grants

This journey is not for the fainthearted. Most of us would prefer to put medical bills in a drawer, along with the booklet describing our insurance coverage. We don't have the training of an agent or the cunning of a lawyer to really know if all the charges will be paid.

Guest Column: Housing First won't solve the homeless crisis

More than 650,000 Americans experienced homelessness on any given night in 2023 -- a 12% increase since 2022. Chronic homelessness is also worsening, with over 143,000 people homeless for at least a year in 2023 -- an all-time high.I've been the mayor of Aurora, Colorado for five years.

The Postscript

I haven’t gone camping in a tent in a long time.I grew up camping and, for much of that time, it was in a tent. My parents would take my sister and me to the Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada for about a week. We’d paddle our canoes from one lake to the next.

Guest Column: Don't justify march-in with myth that 'government funds drugs'

The Biden administration may soon destroy the foundation of America's high-tech economy.The administration wants to functionally rewrite the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980.Prior to the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal government retained the patent rights stemming from all government-funded research at...

The Postscript

One of my favorite stories as a child was “Stone Soup.”I don’t know if you know it or not. It’s an old European folktale, and there are a lot of variations, but in most of them two soldiers come into a town during a war. They ask for food, and everyone tells them they have nothing to eat.

State of Affairs

In recent years, the strategic alignment of China, Russia, and Iran has emerged as a significant challenge to U.S. interests globally.These three authoritarian regimes, each with their distinct agendas, are increasingly working together to undermine the United States and destabilize the...