Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

Listeria outbreak proves need for better oversight
Listeria-tainted cantaloupe from Colorado have killed at least 28 people, making it the country's second-deadliest foodborne illness outbreak since the Centers for Disease Control began keeping records nearly 40 years ago.  

• Tax overhaul, not gimmicks
• Carroll: Putting fat cats in their place
• Delaying divorce to save marriages
• Colorado Voices: No more Saturday delivery? Fine, but include technology
• Quillen: The problem with counties

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Vincent Carroll - Opinion

Putting fat cats in their place
I strolled over to the Occupy Denver protest last week to look for signs denouncing Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James and Bruce Springsteen, but struck out on all three.  

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Tina Griego - Metro

Griego: Denver faces another brouhaha over historic building
The old Cathedral High School building at 1840 Grant St. has seen better days. The parties involved agree upon this. They agree too that even in its sad statethe homeless squats, the trash and weeds and general air of abandonment — it remains beautiful to behold.  

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Mike Littwin - Opinion

Saying no to half a loaf and waiting for more
As you may have heard, state Sen. Rollie Heath is pushing a modest, sunsetting-after-five years tax hike to protect K-12 and higher-ed funding from big cuts over the next few rounds of projected state budget shortfalls.  

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Penny Parker - Business

Parker: For refugees, new Denver coffee shop brimming with optimism
Barista-in-training Chuda Khanal locks his eyes on the nonfat decaf latte he's constructing while trainer Alisa Melville hovers.  

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Ed Quillen - Opinion

The problem with counties
The big anniversary day is Tuesday, if you're one of my fellow sufferers from Colorado Arcane Lore Syndrome.