Author: The Chieftain Editorial Board

In a perfect world, we would have 100 percent participation in all of our elections. But as we know, we don’t live in a perfect world. Many people who are eligible to vote choose not to do so, for a variety of reasons. Maybe some people don’t vote because they are too busy with work…

In the movie, “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” residents of Savannah, Ga., welcome an exhibition golf match to their town as a way to ease the pain caused by the Great Depression. In economic terms, there are some similarities between the Southern town of a century ago and our world today. Yet the residents of…

Here’s how much our lives have changed in the last month or so: Had the sports schedule not been upended, the final game of the NCAA basketball tournament would have been held this week. Yet that date, so important to hard core hoops fans and casual office pool participants alike, passed practically unnoticed and unacknowledged.…

If you’ve served on a jury in a criminal trial, you no doubt remember the judge’s instructions: Don’t vote to convict unless the prosecutors have proven their case beyond a reasonable doubt. That’s a good standard to use when deciding how to cast a ballot on the May 5 referendum question dealing with Pueblo’s electric…

Marijuana users are generally thought to be a pretty mellow bunch. However, that wasn’t the case last month after Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced plans to close “nonessential” businesses, including pot shops. The decision set off a wave of freaked-out panic buying in the capital city seldom seen anywhere other than supermarket toilet paper aisles.…

Who was that masked man (or woman)? Just your socially responsible and caring neighbor. Or hopefully you, if you’ve been out in public the last couple of days. Last Friday, Gov. Jared Polis gave word that health care professionals now are recommending that people wear cloth masks or face coverings whenever they go outside around…

Wednesday was Census Day, the reference date we’re supposed to use when filling out U.S. Census surveys about how many people live in our households. For instance, if you had six people living in your house earlier this year, but a couple of them moved out last week, then “four” would be the correct answer…

While we’re all cooped up at home, you might be developing a greater appreciation for all the wonderful things there are to see and do in Pueblo under more normal circumstances. Like visiting the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, for example. Actually, we didn’t need the coronavirus crisis to remind us about the…

We’re in the middle of the war. If there was any doubt before, there should be none now. Sometimes, people in our society trivialize the word “war” by applying it to problems that really don’t rise to that level. Think: “The war on Christmas,” “the war on tooth decay” or any number of other conflicts,…

Well, it’s official now. We’ve all been grounded. Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday afternoon, which means pretty much what it says. Unless you work for an “essential” business, need to seek health care or have to buy food or other necessities, you should be staying at home. There are exceptions, of…