
President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to offer health insurance to seasonal firefighters employed by the U.S. government.

President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to offer health insurance to seasonal firefighters employed by the U.S. government.

Recently Utah’s republican governor, Gary Herbert, authorized a state forest official to impose gun rules on public lands because many fires this year, and in previous years, were started by target shooting and other gunfire in the ultra-dry and easy to burn west.

As much as I weep for my home state of Colorado, I hope these fires wake the voters up to realize that sometimes government is necessary and that someone needs to pay for the protections that everyone takes for granted.