Author: The Gazette editorial board

Will the courts fine Murphy Robinson for taking down a suspected meth lab and sparing a Denver neighborhood the trauma of 30 or more propane tanks blowing sky high? Incredibly, his commendable and decisive action may have violated a federal court order. But Robinson, Denver’s no-nonsense public safety chief, had more pressing worries when he…

Justice has been served in the world’s most diverse, tolerant and inclusive society. Instead of rioting, Americans should salute the flag in gratitude. We should not celebrate the downfall of a cop. We should probably give thanks for our justice system’s ability to demand accountability for the killing of a Black man, in no position…

Not long ago, Democrats made a concerted effort to rebrand themselves as “progressive.” Evidently, too many voters had come to view the old “liberal” label as synonymous with big government. Meaning, ever more taxes, fees and regulations that smother prosperity and kill jobs. If Colorado’s now-“progressive” ruling Democrats persist on their present path, they may…

The Denver City Council reminded us last week that misery loves company. In a unanimous vote, the council decided to spread some of the pain from its “group-living” policy — imposed earlier this year on most Denver neighborhoods — to the rest of the city. There was one consolation for the latest areas to be…

Don’t throw paper at a deadly dilemma that requires genuine services and results. Stop promising and producing health care coverage when the need is health care. A new supply side bill in the Legislature moves us in the right direction. Politicians typically exacerbate the health care crisis by showing how much they purportedly care while…

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has proven himself refreshing in the short time he has held his post. Most memorable so far in his tenure: the week he spent undercover living, eating and bunking with the homeless in Aurora and Denver a few months ago. He shared his frank assessment of life on the streets with…

Colorado’s cracked, crumbling and chronically congested highways are perennially blistered by the sun, freeze-dried by the cold — and in more recent years, neglected by the legislature. Which is to say that even in the best of times — when our elected policy makers are doing their job and investing in basic infrastructure — our…

Higher ed’s Jacobins have been sharpening the blade on their guillotine this week — not only at CU, as we noted here on Wednesday, but also in the bucolic mountain town of Gunnison. There, a mini-mob of incensed faculty at pint-sized Western Colorado University was held at bay — for now, at least — after…

No one should care what military pilots look like or who they love. Just give thanks for their service. Sadly, our military may be losing ground in rejecting irrational discrimination. The United States is the beacon of freedom in a world fraught with slavery, racism, homophobia, tribalism, and all other human rights atrocities. This country…

They are coming for your steak; they are coming for your lamb chop; they are even coming for your lunchtime chicken nuggets. And along the way to emptying the meat and poultry cases at your local supermarket, they will decimate Colorado’s multibillion-dollar-a-year livestock industry. Which is just what our struggling ag economy needs on the…