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Fackler: Drought-resistant electricity for the Southwest

We need to boil water to make chicken soup. We don’t need to boil water to make energy anymore. Water is scarce in Colorado, yet most of our electricity still comes from burning ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Purnell: Does occupational licensing really improve public health and safety?

Barbers, dental assistants, electricians and many more jobs we encounter on a regular basis are increasingly regulated by states through occupational licensing, ostensibly for the purpose of...

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Moore: Who will step up and save The Denver Post?

People constantly ask me how I feel about the deep cuts and layoffs that have been chipping away at The Denver Post. Well, I’m sad but I’m also angry. I left in March 2016 after 1...

DATE: Apr 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Schlichtman: Colorado Journalism Week honors the people behind the bylines

To anyone who follows the news, it would appear the industry itself is under attack. Whether claims of “fake news” leveled by the President or cuts to already lean newsrooms, newspapers and ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Waldman and Sennott: The crisis in journalism has become a crisis of democracy

By Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott Shortly after starting as a newspaper reporter in the coal-fields region of eastern Kentucky, Will Wright wrote an alarming article about how...

DATE: Apr 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Aichele: Billing and collections require accounting expertise

I read a letter to the editor recently ( The letter-writer called for voters to be able to describe the job candidates were seeking, to vote with the best available information. I am respon...

DATE: Apr 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Reed: Katzin Music - A legacy of music education

A legacy of music education

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Reyes: Kit Carson co-op sets the record straight

In recent months, the topic of energy providers has emerged as a polarizing issue with information – some accurate, some patently false – being disseminated through public opinion forums and...

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Beaver: Education in 21st century America; hell on the home front

In America, we have an epidemic. It is not normal to hear about children murdering their classmates, in large numbers. Some factors may include bullying, side effects of prescription medicat...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tingey: Reauthorize the lottery, continue funding our way of life

Colorado’s public lands have enormous influence on our state’s culture and economy, and the state’s place of adventure is also why I’m proud the business my husband and I own, Alpacka Raft, ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Phillips: Wolf restoration - Keeping every cog and wheel

Keeping every cog and wheel

DATE: Apr 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

McKnight: Honoring Bears Ears and our public lands commitment

As the court cases to determine the legality of downsizing Bears Ears National Monument continue, the Bureau of Land Management is still accepting comments on the Resource Management Plans b...