Kelly Sloan
Rethinking Medicare after COVID-era Obamacare subsidies | SLOAN
Congress is getting all twisted up over health care policy again, and every time they do so it is generally a polemical skirmish regarding one of two things: A) how to deal with whatever problem the government created in health care; or B) how to…
Paula Noonan
Underlying design failures built into Colorado’s standardized tests | NOONAN
Third graders can’t read. That’s a common assertion. How do we know? Colorado’s CMAS standardized tests for third graders tell us. What the chicken littles who bemoan these tests scores, mostly individuals on the “pro school choice” and “voucher” side of the public education debate,…
Hal Bidlack
Real leadership requires long-term thinking | BIDLACK
I make no secret of my fidelity to the University of Michigan. I grew up in Ann Arbor, the son of a UM school dean, and all three of my degrees, BA, MA, and Ph.D., are from that lovely campus. I choose to mostly ignore…
Jimmy Sengenberger
DPS’ celebration doesn’t match the data
Denver Public Schools is seeing green — literally. As Superintendent Alex Marrero hailed the district’s new “accredited (green)” rating as “a significant milestone” last week, he asked teachers to wear green and even changed the district’s website’s color scheme to match. But there are lies,…
Miller Hudson
Trump admin’s maiming of renewables agencies an energy affront | HUDSON
NREL has a rhythmic resonance that won’t be matched by NLR, Colorado’s newly christened National Laboratory of the Rockies. Nearly lost to memory is how the National Renewable Energy Laboratory authorized by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 was preceded by the Solar Energy…
Jon Caldara
Dougco shoplifting ordinance victimizes victims | CALDARA
Law enforcement must be respected. It also needs to be liked. And, above all, it must be trusted. Citizens should feel welcome to engage with police — not coerced. That balance is what makes American law enforcement different. Douglas County now plans to require retailers…
Rachel Gabel
Ranchers are not an endangered species, nor an invasive one | GABEL
Animal agriculture, ranching, hunting and farming are not dying ways of life. The cowboy is not about to ride off into the sunset and certain extinction. Beef is not going to be replaced by cultured meat, any variety of bugs, or salad (though we grow…
The significance of the State Land Board siding with the San Luis Valley | GABEL
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Sean Duffy
‘Let’s make 2025 the Year of the American Man’ | DUFFY
Sean Duffy American society needs to man up. In the election just concluded, the yawning chasm between the candidate choices of men and women — particularly younger Americans — received overdue attention. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Polls taken this fall showed a 53% gap between young…
Dennis Maes
So much potential — and such a tragic loss | MAES
Dennis Maes During my 40-year legal career as an attorney and judge I was privy to numerous violent and negligent acts that often resulted in death or maiming. The victims included the most vulnerable children, including infants, and the elderly who were robbed of the…
Dick Wadhams
Polis’ silence deafening on Peters’ prison transfer | WADHAMS
What is Gov. Jared Polis thinking? As President Donald Trump tries to bully Colorado into releasing convicted and imprisoned Tina Peters to federal custody, a silent Polis appears to have dived under his desk. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has formally asked the Colorado Department…
George Brauchler
The ballot is our only path to law and order in Colorado | BRAUCHLER
George Brauchler Criminal justice was on the ballot this past Tuesday. Coloradans showed strong support for public safety-related matters and rejected our legislature’s decade-long move to prioritize criminals over public safety and law enforcement. The 2024 legislative session has again proven there is a disconnect…
Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy
Our suggestions on the 2024 Colorado state ballot issues | CRONIN & LOEVY
Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Here are our views for the 2024 Colorado state issues. We summarize each proposed measure, then indicate our personal vote and finally offer our prediction of what the public vote will be: Amendment G: Modify Property Tax Exemption for Veterans…