Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

Murphy: Civilians' walk in cops' shoes yields quite a body count
Police in Aurora had an unprecedented run of fatal officer-involved shootings last year and, in response, bought a new simulator to improve training.  

• Editorial: Protracted fight drags GOP right
• Editorial: Weak vaccination policies let deadly diseases spread
• Tork: Davy Jones' extraordinary heart
• Editorial: Natural gas to fuel pickups, drive energy independence
• Colorado Voice: How the mighty can fall

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Vincent Carroll - Opinion

Carroll: Booting blowhards is a slippery slope
What's the proper response when a talk-show host resorts to despicable name-calling or tasteless mockery? Denounce the blowhard, obviously.  

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Al Lewis - Business

Lewis: The farmer and the financier
America's economy began with agriculture and evolved, over centuries, into high finance.  

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Mike Littwin - Opinion

Littwin: Please don't take this personally, Rush
This probably makes me a bad person, but I must admit I'm enjoying watching Rush Limbaugh grovel. It's a phony grovel, of course, intended to soothe his nervous remaining advertisers and, more important, to try to get people talking about something other than Rushbo's latest bout of loathsomeness.