Dreamers fate may rest on the mood of the moment

We’re thinking about that lovely bipartisan meeting the president hosted Tuesday with members of Congress about immigration. Everybody was impressed by how concerned Trump seemed...

Readers still wonder about influence

In a letter to the editor (Herald, Dec. 18), Michael Black referred to a Beneath his letter, an editor’s note stated: “The letter writer is incorrect. Twice monthly the Herald’s Editorial ...

Editorial update

Advisers, readers, writers remain the heart and soul of the opinion pages

Russell: Clean air, open space support my livelihood

My work as a photographer and writer takes me all over the West. I’m proud that Colorado has been requiring the oil and gas industry to clean up after itself and protected our natural envi...

Littwin: Is it wrong to confess that Oprah is not the answer?

First, I’ll make a confession, which is only fitting when discussing Oprah. I have been occasionally guilty of mocking Oprah and her show. Yes, it’s true. It was long ago — back when she was...

Shirley: Conservatives should oppose shrinking national monuments

The Western United States may be the last natural bastion of what it means to be a free American. The image of the Old West brings a sense of beauty, with sky-scraping mountain ranges, deep ...

Common sense: May our state legislators continue to embrace what’s missing nationally

May our state legislators continue to embrace what’s missing nationally

Sigman is right; time for Gardner to go

Never thought I’d see the day when Mike Sigman (Herald, Jan. 6) and I agreed on something: Cory Gardner must go. We do, however, have very different reasons for reaching that con...

Editorial cartoon

From the Department of Injustice, more prohibition

After foraging through the dumpster of discarded ideas, the Trump administration has dragged out another fetid reject as part of its campaign to roll back modernity, common sense and the wil...

Harrop: Seven habits of highly effective resisters

Cleaning up the cultural and civic debris left by Donald Trump and his right-wing helpers will require concerted effort. The “resistance” is determined to do that, but to succeed, its member...

Brooks: Praise for those who ‘move in traffic with prudence’

Over the past several years we have done an outstanding job of putting total sleazoids at the top of our society: Trump, Bannon, Ailes, Weinstein, Cosby, etc. So it was good to g...