Author: The Lovel

This past weekend’s events in downtown Loveland appeared to be a fulfillment of the vision to create a core commercial district that would the focal point for community celebrations. On Saturday night, it was difficult to find enough personal space to have a conversation, much less a reservation at a downtown restaurant or a close…

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah stirred controversy last week as he introduced a bill that would have transferred 3.3 million acres of public land in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming to the states. But within days he withdrew the proposal, moved by strong opposition from the public.…

When the editorial board expressed concern before the presidential election that ultimately brought Republican Donald Trump to power, one of the topics under consideration was that of selecting Supreme Court justices. The board struggled with the fact that Democrat Hillary Clinton was much more likely to nominate an activist judge to the position instead of…

Backers of President Trump’s seven-nation travel ban point out that President Obama was the one who singled out those Middle Eastern and African nations in December of 2015, when he signed a Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act. So if someone doesn’t agree with the list, they can blame Obama. And besides,…

On Oct. 10 of last year, the group Students for Life at Colorado State University were able to bring in a nationally known guest speaker Josh Brahm to talk about bodily rights from a decidedly pro-life perspective. Certainly not everyone on campus or even among the attendees agreed with the social and political message he…

Inauguration day is about the regular and peaceful transfer of power, which is one of the remarkable ways this nation has been blessed throughout its history, and as such it is a day worthy of celebrations, just like those magnificent fireworks that were let loose over the Lincoln Monument last night. However, Democrats who are…

Fifteen years ago, business leaders in Northern Colorado saw the problem with Colorado transportation funding. After a bruising campaign in 1999 to sell TRANS bonds to fund highway construction across the state, it had become apparent there just wasn’t enough money to go around: Specifically, a highway project in the south metro-Denver area was living…

For voters in the Western United States, perhaps the most troubling of all the election rhetoric in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election was what was left unsaid. Virtually no discussion took place on the major policy issues in the West, such as public lands policies, water policies and the libertarian marijuana policies that…

As Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke to a joint session of the Colorado House and Senate on Thursday, House Speaker Crisanta Duran and Senate President Kevin Grantham sat behind him on the dais. As Duran, a Democrat, and Grantham, a Republican, did the previous day, the governor laid out his priorities for the year and repeated…