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Frank Bruni: Thinking of building a wall? Jared is on the case!

Jared Kushner just got a promotion. Another one. And it’s perfect. The pallid princeling is now responsible for speeding construction of the border wall. Josh Dawsey and Nick Miro...

DATE: Dec 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Ross Douthat: At least a President Sanders might leave us alone

The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now, it has a train wreck instead. The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests. The...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Letters: The time has come to think for yourselves!

Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” talks about how many people have too much reverence for the law. Thoreau wrote it during the time of the Mexican-American War, and criti...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Katie Farnan: Find your own candidate in the Senate primary race

It’s just over six months until Colorado holds its June 2020 Senate primary, and the outcome will determine who snags the Democratic nomination against Cory Gardner in November. G...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Why do you publish this mindless rubbish?

Your editorial page included an incorrect, incoherent rant from a Mr. Goodrich (“ He claimed that the AR-15, the fully automatic version of a weapon often used by America’s mass shooters, w...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: ‘The Report’ lays bare our national soul

A movie about bureaucratic infighting dryly lays bare our national soul

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

David Brooks: What you feel changes what you sense

This has been a golden age for brain research. We now have amazing brain scans that show which networks in the brain ramp up during different activities. But this emphasis on the brain has s...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Dec 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Our view: These city ‘errors’ are whoppers

The good news is that council cut the budget – but we still would like answers

DATE: Dec 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Just being there makes a big difference

On Oct. 15, I attended the City Council session to award library bookmark contest winners. My youngest daughter was one of the winners in the high school category. However, I was surprised t...

DATE: Dec 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: These Cortez mountain biking trails are world-class

I visited the Cash Canyon trailhead in Cortez to do some mountain biking on the recently constructed trails that emanate from there. The year-old BLM parking lot was almost full o...

DATE: Dec 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: You’re no good, baby, you’re just no good

Sen. Cory Gardner, working for President Donald Trump’s re-election, doesn’t seem to realize that the following characteristics are undesirable for a president of the United States: ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor