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Rosen: Mike Rosen’s recommendations on Colorado ballot questions
I've been asked by many readers (mostly conservative) for my recommendations on statewide ballot questions. I'm happy to oblige. Here they are for 2016.

Rosen: My memorable encounters with the great — and gracious — Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer has died at the age of 87. There are players today who hit the ball longer and straighter, but he was much more than that.

Rosen: The “establishment” is a simplistic cliche
In grade school, I remember rattling off the letters of the word “antidisestablishmentarianism” in under four seconds. I didn’t know what it meant, just that it was the longest word...

Rosen: Colin Kaepernick sits down for his beliefs
While I'd defend Colin Kaepernick's legal right to do what he did, I disapprove of his act and disagree with the substance of his unfounded beliefs.

Rosen: Of course Coffman can “stand up” to Trump
What do Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have in common? Both men ran presidential campaigns as outsiders to the political parties whose nomination they sought.

Rosen: Stop coddling college crybabies
How far will this nonsense go before a line is drawn in the sand and sanity intervenes to reintroduce freedom of thought to higher education.

Rosen: Republicans and the Trump dilemma
Here's what this election boils down to for me and many others. I'll vote against Hillary Clinton by un-enthusiastically voting for Donald Trump.

Rosen: Women in combat and the draft
Throwing young men and women together in the close confines of infantry units in the field is a breeding ground for intimate fraternization and trouble that will undermine unit cohesion.

Rosen: Anti-Trump violence may backfire
Wouldn't it be ironic if an eruption of unruly and violent protests backfire to get Donald Trump elected president?

Rosen: Obama’s “privy council” flushes privacy
The Obama administration's ongoing campaign to revolutionize public toilet facilities in service to LGBT activists has given new meaning to the category of bathroom humor