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Updated: November 10, 2011 9:18:33 AM MST

The Post EditorialsEditorial: When politics eclipses policy

The failure of a proposal to audit the state's online schools is the latest victim of pre-election politics.
A proposal to audit the state's online schools failed on a party-line vote earlier this week, an unfortunate victim of politics since the system clearly has problems worthy of examination.

Littwin: We'll see what matters at Penn State
In the end, Joe Paterno didn't get his way. That's a start as Penn State football tries to reclaim a semblance of decency.

Rosen: Prosperity isn't an entitlement
From London to Greece to Occupy Wall Street, angry, indignant mobs have taken to the streets in protest.

What's the motto with Congress?
There's a classic bit of stand-up comedy from the "Flip Wilson Show" in 1972 (you can find it on YouTube) where the great Albert Brooks imagines what might happen if the United States ever decided it needed a new national anthem.

Old and older
Getting older is not easy. I should know; I am an older person. The eyes, the memory, the healing, the sports injuries, the waistline, the wrinkles.

Life after retirement
I submitted my retirement notification, assisted in hiring and training my replacement, and had two months left in my last school year when I fell on ice and broke both my wrists.

Editorial: Too early to halt stock show move
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is smart to wait and review as much information as possible on the future of the National Western Stock Show before deciding whether or not to pull Denver's application for state money to help pay for a move.

Editorial: State making progress on its unemployment system

Guest Commentary: Re-centering the wayward DPS

Parker: Cain's women problem

Carroll: Put a stop to red-light cameras

The importance of public radio to the music community

Editorial: State's pay rules need an upgrade

Littwin: As the Republican race turns

Editorial: Think globally on clean energy

Guest Commentary: Colorado needs concrete ideas, not blue-ribbon panels

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	Sizing up the GOP's early-state contests With just nine weeks to go before the Iowa caucuses, the early-state polls are still very similar to the national polling, with Mitt Romney holding leads in each state. Righting Colorado's fiscal ship State governments have been experiencing fiscal upheaval on a scale not seen since the Great Depression. In Colorado, a continuing litany of revenue shortfalls, budget cuts, program contractions and personnel reductions now covers a period of four years. Fletcher: Time to go beyond the occupation of Wall Street The Occupy Wall Street movement should not exclude activism in electoral politics. Navarrette: Sounds of liberal silence Latino liberals are preparing to betray their pro-immigrant rhetoric by helping to re-elect the most anti-immigrant president in six decades. Will: For once, debate the big issues The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread Wednesday's version of what are inexplicably called debates.

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