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Susan Atkinson: Carbon pricing is key to halting climate change

It’s easy to feel helpless, depressed and overwhelmed about the recent news of climate-related disasters affecting Colorado. Increased temperatures and drought intensify our vulnerability to...

Denise Fort: Water can be wrung out too much

Santa Fe, New Mexico, once was sustained by the waters of the Santa Fe River, which begins in the high country of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, flows through the city and then onward to th...

Charles Blow: White supremacists fear “white replacement”

Last week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson caused an uproar by promoting the racist, anti-Semitic, patriarchal and conspiratorial “white replacement theory.” Also known as the “great replacemen...

Benjamin Bellorado: Bears Ears murals, rock art, textiles deserve protection

For decades, the iconic archaeological sites of the stunning canyon country of Bears Ears in southeastern Utah have captivated the imaginations of visitors from around the world. ...

Mark Hillman: How I came to respect centrists

Sticks in the mud. Overly cautious. Obstacles to progress. That’s how I’ve tended to view political moderates – especially those in my own party. As a 30-something sta...

Mario Nicolais: There’s little hope for centrists, moderates

A few weeks ago I wrote a column about extremists in public office and their affinity for ethical lapses. It drew the ire of readers from both sides, which seemed to prove my underlying poin...

David Brooks: The Heart and Soul of the Biden Project

What is the quintessential American act? It is the leap of faith. The first European settlers left the comfort of their old countries and migrated to brutal conditions, convinced the future ...

Jamelle Bouie: If it’s not Jim Crow, what is it?

The laws that disenfranchised Black Americans in the South and established Jim Crow did not actually say they were disenfranchising Black Americans and creating a one-party racist state. ...

Soleil Gaylord: Western monarchs suffer catastrophic decline

The precipitous decline of species around the world continues to make headlines. One million species worldwide are at risk of extinction; North America has lost three billion birds in the pa...

Aaron Kindle and Jason Keith: Improve bonding for orphaned oil, gas wells

Leave nature better than you found it: this principle of “leave no trace” is the mantra of every conservationist, hunter and outdoors enthusiast of the West’s iconic public lands. ...

Sen. Don Coram: Exhausted yet happy with Assembly progress

We are halfway through the legislative session and it seems like we are rushing to the finish. The session started Jan. 13 and adjourned Jan. 16. Then we took a 30-day leave to t...

Mike Littwin: Thanks, Trump, for All-Star game

Even though Coloradans overwhelmingly rejected Donald Trump on the 2020 ballot — he lost by the greatest margin in the state since Reagan crushed Mondale in 1984 — we should offer him a bela...
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