Krista Kafer
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Krista Kafer

Krista L. Kafer is a Sunday Denver Post opinion columnist, adjunct professor of communication, journalism, and political science, and a frequent radio and television commentator. A Colorado native, Krista returned to Colorado after nine years in the nation’s capital where she worked for two members of Congress and served as the senior expert on education policy at the Heritage Foundation. She has a BA in history and an MA in political science. Krista loves to travel and has been lost on five continents because she lacks a sense of direction. Among her many nonmonetizable talents, she can say “hello” in 20 languages. She can be reached at tokrista@msn.com.

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Posters such as this one in downtown Denver try to discourage people from giving to panhandlers. The effort, part of Denver's Road Home initiative in 2005, will include handing out 150,000 brochures.