Summit Daily News has published Paul Olson’s column “A Friendly Conservative” beginning in 2022. Olson has lived in Breckenridge since 1995. He works part-time at The Lodge at Breckenridge, volunteers at Family & Intercultural Resource Center and Mountain Mentors, and enjoys snowboarding, Nordic skiing and hiking. Contact him at pobreck@gmail.com.
Commentator Fareed Zakaria says that the West’s most precious achievement has been the limitation of state power. The U.S. has courts that are independent of the executive branch and rights that are constitutionally protected to...
The federal government released new dietary guidelines in January. A key change to the food pyramid is the recommendation to reduce the emphasis on sugar and refined carbohydrates which should help reduce the incidence of...
Edward Dahlberg: “Every decision you make is a mistake.” Yogi Berra: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” It seems as though much of the decision-making in our nation’s capital is done without...
There were 386 births in Summit County in 2008 and 266 in 2024. This decrease mirrors a nationwide trend as the U.S. birthrate hit its lowest level ever last year. The decline in births has...