Author: Denver Gazette Editorial Board

The pot propagators of today can’t seem to agree on the origin of the annual “4/20” observance that is coming up Saturday — the backstory has various versions — and the marijuana-muddled minds that thought it up in the first place probably don’t remember. Whatever the dubious date is supposed to signify, permit us to…

Just in case it isn’t clear to some lawmakers at the State Capitol, “one size fits all” isn’t actually a compliment. It’s sarcasm. Because, you see, one size generally doesn’t fit all. Which is why attempts to mandate one supposed solution for wide-ranging circumstances usually backfire. Members of the Legislature ought to keep that in…

The Common Sense Institute’s laudable effort to track and gauge the rising regulatory burden created by our state’s policymakers continues to yield sobering findings. Last week, the institute released its latest update on that effort; the implications once again suggest our hyperactive Legislature and bureaucracy ought to ease up for the good of our economy.…

The Common Sense Institute’s laudable effort to track and gauge the rising regulatory burden created by our state’s policymakers continues to yield sobering findings. Last week, the institute released its latest update on that effort; the implications once again suggest our hyperactive Legislature and bureaucracy ought to ease up for the good of our economy.…

Criminal suspects and convicts are the business of local law enforcement. If an illegal immigrant rapes and murders in Castle Rock, it immediately becomes the business of local law enforcement, the local jail and the local county or district court system. It also becomes the business of the victims and anyone close to them. The…

Criminal suspects and convicts are the business of local law enforcement. If an illegal immigrant rapes and murders in Castle Rock, it immediately becomes the business of local law enforcement, the local jail and the local county or district court system. It also becomes the business of the victims and anyone close to them. The…

While rank-and-file Coloradans have been weathering a crime wave, their oblivious elected lawmakers have been preoccupied with the well-being of the culprits. It has been a familiar theme in Colorado’s crime-coddling Legislature over the past several years, and the 2024 session promises more of the same. That’s not to presume all pending bills that would…

While rank-and-file Coloradans have been weathering a crime wave, their oblivious elected lawmakers have been preoccupied with the well-being of the culprits. It has been a familiar theme in Colorado’s crime-coddling Legislature over the past several years, and the 2024 session promises more of the same. That’s not to presume all pending bills that would…

Once again, next November’s face-off over Colorado’s newest congressional district promises to be a close call. And once again, control of the entire U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance. Created after the 2020 Census, the 8th Congressional District appeared on the ballot for the first time in 2022. It was a close call.…

Once again, next November’s face-off over Colorado’s newest congressional district promises to be a close call. And once again, control of the entire U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance. Created after the 2020 Census, the 8th Congressional District appeared on the ballot for the first time in 2022. It was a close call.…