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Publisher/co-founder of The Colorado Sun, @ColoradoSun. Former Senior Editor/News @DenverPost, @AP in Denver, NYC, Moscow, San Francisco, other fine locales.
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Former New York Times editor: “We were caught a little flat-footed by this president”

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By Larry Ryckman 
| The Colorado Sun
Former New York Times editor Dean Baquet said Americans should be concerned about consolidation in the network television and newspaper businesses, particularly as allies of the president gain control of major news organizations. “That undermines their independence, or the appearance of their independence,” Baquet said in an interview for The Daily Sun-Up, the Colorado Sun’s podcast.
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A lifetime of family treasures can become a burden, but some things really are priceless

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By Larry Ryckman 
| The Colorado Sun
My father grew up in humble surroundings as a Depression-era kid. He was the first in our family to graduate college, and then he joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. When he was posted to Germany as a junior officer in the late 1950s, he splurged and bought himself a Rolex. He was so proud of that watch. Later, while serving in Vietnam, he had a routine before he took off on each of his more than 150 missions, just in case he didn’t return.
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Today marks a special moment for Colorado and The Colorado Sun 

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By Larry Ryckman 
| The Colorado Sun
Seven years ago today under an overcast sky, I walked with seven colleagues onto Denver’s Civic Center park to do something our group of experienced journalists had never done before: Hold our own news conference. Amid very familiar surroundings (a certain newspaper building loomed behind us), we stepped into uncharted territory with excitement, anxiety and determination. We worried about whether we would get rained out. We wondered whether anyone would show up.
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