Author: Lynn Bartels

Of course Coloradans will be focused on the presidential and U.S. Senate races on Election Day, but I’m going to be just as interested to learn whether Highlands Ranch sends a Democrat to the state Legislature for the first time. If Republicans prevail, the margin of victory will be closely examined. I lived in Highlands…

Twenty-five years ago, the nation sat glued to its TV set to await the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. The jury had come in so quickly and the evidence was so overwhelming that some legal commentators speculated the Black football star would be found guilty of two counts of murder. Instead, a jury acquitted…

I’m a political junkie but even I can barely stand to open my e-mail or text messages these days. BREAKING FROM CNN: McGrath is KEY to flipping the Senate in 2020!! It’s Meaghan w/ the Colorado Democrats. With only 43 days left until Election Day, we need to show Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper we…

When I moved to Denver’s northside more than 20 years ago, parents who lived in the neighborhood didn’t seem that excited about sending their kids to North High School, but all that has changed. North has done an amazing turnaround in recent years. Enrollment, test scores, graduation rates — they’re all up. Some posts on…

Once again, Colorado is a hot spot, with wildfires bedeviling us. I got a look at the Pine Creek fire burning near Grand Junction when I arrived in town Aug. 8 for the start of a weeklong vacation at an old sheep camp in the mountains. Luckily, fire didn’t touch us high up. But the…

The other night my sister Brigid and I drove around for more than an hour before we found a restaurant without a long wait time, thanks to limited seating. But one thing hasn’t changed during the pandemic: blaring music. If you think I’m exaggerating about how loud businesses play their music consider this: A few…

Donald Trump was so certain he was going to lose the 2016 presidential race he claimed the election was rigged, but his paranoia this time around is frightening even fellow Republicans. This is a guy who just floated the possibility of delaying the Nov. 3 election, all the while claiming that mail ballots are bad…