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To the barricades: Blue states, including ours, take on Trump

Colorado has joined 15 states in a suit against the president. Is it a gimmick?

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Democrats are enemies of the republic

Regarding Colorado Democrats’ attempts to bypass Colorado’s Electoral College: Undermining the system given to us by the Framers demonstrates complete ignorance of our Federalist principles,...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Get mom to join #metoo, make us great

The day I realized that women were, in fact, the stronger, more capable sex, I was having trouble getting seated during the boarding of a plane. Nearby, a young mom was handling three kids, ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Let’s make it illegal for Trump to lie

Congress should pass a law that makes it a felony for an elected or appointed public official to lie to the American people. Our first president was renowned for his inability t...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How the American left fell in love with elitism

Over the past generation, global capitalism has produced the greatest reduction in human poverty in history. Over the past 10 years, American capitalism has produced 20 million ne...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Nice work: City, county find prudent flight path

Using ticket fees to expand the airport is a wise and responsible endeavor

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Lives are more important than hurries

Thanks for the Action Line article (“ As a sixth-grader, I was good friends with Harl Kendrick at Florida Elementary School and after his accident I traveled with my mom and Ted Compton to ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Love my electric car, can’t wait for more

I want to thank Gov. Polis for signing the executive order that will move Colorado closer to a Zero Emission Vehicle standard. The technology is there, the majority of Coloradans ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How words become weapons, forms of cowardice

You could always slight the very rich by calling them moneybags, robber barons, fat cats or plutocrats. Billionaire was a neutral word, grounded in math: Such a person could spend...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango

Does the city of Durango have only one snow plow? What the heck was happening last Thursday during the slush-falling-from-the-sky-storm? Why did a plow not come down the lane for ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trust-bust these health care providers

Recently I received a physical from a doctor who works under Centura Health, which runs Mercy Hospital and several local medical practices. The doctor asked me how I was doing with an issue ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor