Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

Editorial: Ever heard of freedom of speech?
Earlier this week, the La Plata Board of County Commissioners booted an alternate planning commissioner for what the commission chair called "misconduct." What, we wondered, did this public official do? Lie? Cheat? Steal?  

• Editorial: Fed chief speaks loud and clear
• Vincent Carroll: Is plea deal for juvenile fair?
• David Sirota: The church of denialism
• The man in the turtleneck and sneakers
• Let's figure this out ourselves

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Vincent Carroll - Opinion

Vincent Carroll: Is plea deal for juvenile fair?
When 13th Judicial District Attorney Bob Watson got up before the press on Friday to announce that a 12-year-old killer would likely spend only seven years in juvenile detention based upon a plea agreement he'd reached with the Colorado Public Defender's Office, he blamed the remarkably unsatisfying prospect on state law.  

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Al Lewis - Business

Lewis: Why can't we tell Henry Paulson is a hero?
Poor Henry Paulson. The former Treasury Secretary and Goldman Sachs Group chairman still can't get kudos for rescuing the U.