Opinion

Hunters and anglers call for Biden to designate Dolores River Canyons National Monument

In the words of former Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Conservation Director John Gale, “Conserving large tracts of undeveloped public lands as national monuments is essential to America’s hun...

Polis is wrong to call for another special session on property taxes

Gov. Jared Polis has made a big mistake calling for another special session to further cut property taxes. Yes, property taxes have caused concern for many Coloradans in recent years. But th...

Healthier school environment would mean better student performance

As another school year approaches, one thing that’s top of mind for moms is our kids’ health and safety at school. That includes breathing clean air in their classrooms and having a comforta...

Was Tina Peters’ conviction a warning or a trend? The next election will tell us

It turns out, as expected, that the question of Tina Peters’ guilt was never really a question at all. Even Peters herself, according to testimony, knew that once her election-security breac...

All Colorado households deserve to have help with affordable housing

Throughout Colorado, the cost of living, particularly housing, has exploded, and this is true across the income spectrum for low, to moderate, to high incomes, and touches every corner of th...

Off the beaten path: The story on social trails

Here are a few reasons to stay on the beaten path

‘Current weather worse than prior times’

In reponse to a guest column in The Colorado Sun on July 19, Trish Zornio said: “Fifteen years ago not having an AC in this part of Colorado was probably fine. Now it’s not thanks to climate...

There is still a scandal around president Joe Biden

One of the Biden White House’s greatest achievements, from the perspective of its staff members, if not necessarily the country, has been to deny the press the kind of juicy leaks that were ...

Project 2025 puts public lands in peril

Google “Project 2025.” It’s a 920-page manifesto for a potential second Trump administration that has something (bad) for everyone, but our great public lands estate is put in particular per...

Nuclear cheerleading is fine – but what about the cost?

It mystifies me, this perfervid belief in nuclear energy that I see in parts of Colorado. Just weeks ago, the commissioners in one Western Slope county added their support for nuclear. They ...

‘Content to move at a cow’s pace. Ungulates amble’

I like cows. Yes, I am a bovinophile. They are warm cuddly independent beasts who choose to go through life at their own pace. If you want to befriend a cow, you must adapt to its leisurely ...

Unmined coal ‘follows market, law, public opinion’

The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new coal leases on the eastern plains of Wyoming and Montana. From i...
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