Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

A cop-out by Oregon's governor on the death penalty
The latest death penalty drama is playing out in Oregon. On Nov. 22, Gov. John Kitzhaber granted convicted killer Gary Haugen an indefinite reprieve from his scheduled Dec. 6 execution.  

• Littwin: #snuffingfreespeech
• Rosen: "Shameful" support for troops
• Editorial: A dishonest defense of detaining U.S. citizens
• Editorial: End power plays on state mapping
• Carroll: This is your brain on cupcakes ...

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Vincent Carroll - Opinion

Carroll: This is your brain on cupcakes ...
You too may have been astounded by the opening line of a Bloomberg wire story that appeared recently in this newspaper: "Cupcakes might be addictive, just like cocaine.  

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Mike Littwin - Opinion

Littwin: #snuffingfreespeech
You've probably heard the story of 18-year-old high schooler Emma Sullivan, whose tweet heard round the world — it got there somehow from Kansas — has become a centerpiece of the latest debates on free speech and that pesky new social media.