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O’Toole: Justice in the age of the Bundy family

What do we make of the latest twist in the saga of Cliven Bundy’s family? As a public-lands rancher, I am both appalled and cheered by the dismissal of charges – with prejudice a...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Douthat: The taming of a demagogue

Recent political history has offered few spectacles more depressing than the acquiescence of leading Republican politicians to the rise of Donald Trump. The selection of a nominee for presid...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Dowd: A goddess, a mogul and a mad genius

NEW YORK — Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trust...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Thompson: The public land sellout

This month, hundreds of corporate representatives will sit down at their computers, log into something called Energynet, and bid, eBay-style, for more than 300,000 acres of federal land spre...

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

Reynolds: State of our union is closely linked to the state of our climate

President Trump opened his State of the Union address by acknowledging the heroic first responders who came to the aid of victims in the floods that devastated Houston and the wildfires that...

DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Hanlon: People shouldn’t have to choose between health care and a meal

Every day, all over Western and Southern Colorado, people are forced into making difficult decisions about their health care. As costs escalate and access to quality care becomes more diffic...

DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

To succeed, FLC must recognize and own its identity

During the 2017 fall semester at Fort Lewis, it seemed as if every email check promised a new message from the school administration regarding the college’s identity and future direction – a...

DATE: Feb 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Energy efficiency: Towards a more equitable, economical and environmental future

Energy and where we get our power are hot topics locally and nationally. Renewable sources like hydro-power, wind and solar that reduce harmful CO² emissions have been on the rise and at the...

DATE: Feb 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Jones: Despite differences, rural and urban Coloradans face similar challenges in getting ahead

The rural versus urban divide has become a common frame through which we examine the issues facing Colorado. While there’s no question there are important differences between the...

DATE: Feb 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Sullivan: Can a top editor save local news back home?

Robyn Tomlin remembers, all too well, the high school teacher who tried to persuade her to drop out of school. “She basically told me I didn’t belong there anymore,” Tomlin said. ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: The precious and potent power of human touch

In 1945, Austrian physician René Spitz investigated an orphanage that took extra care to make sure its infants were not infected with disease. The children received first-class n...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Polis: Keeping Colorado wild requires a bold plan and vision

Like many Coloradans, some of my best and earliest memories involve exploring Colorado’s wild places with my family. Forging a connection with our outdoors is part of our way of life, and sh...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman