Ruling Democrats at the legislature have seen the writing on the wall: Soft on crime doesn’t sell. Especially, in the midst of a statewide crime wave. Read more

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman fed some crow to his adversaries on the Aurora City Council last week. An Arapahoe County District judge issued a preliminary injunction in the mayor’s lawsuit against the city over a new campaign finance law Coffman says violates freedom of speech. Read more

Last week, the City of Durango, through its elected City Council members, took a first step indicating the seriousness of the city’s commitment to deal with the seemingly intractable problem of affordable, humane housing. Read more

It’s not the first time the General Assembly has tried to pull a fast one on the electorate — by way of an end run on what voters enacted at the ballot box. But it might be the first time lawmakers have connived to get away with it in advance. That’s right, before the public even has had a c… Read more

A Herald reader wrote recently of the semantics of housing, pointing out the many ways housing for people of low-to-moderate incomes has been described over the years. Read more

Wannabe-woke legislative Democrats might wantonly reduce health care for typical, hard-working Colorado residents. Repeat: Politicians might vote this week to reduce the supply of health care. They will do so by deceptively claiming to help the poor and oppressed. Read more

We had hoped never to revisit such tragedy in our communities — not to mention so soon after the March 22 rampage that claimed 10 lives at a Boulder supermarket. And yet our state was blindsided by its second mass shooting in as many months early last Sunday, on Mother’s Day, this time in Co… Read more

Imagine the state legislature telling local governments they have new authority to obstruct the freedom of expression protected by the First Amendment. If it could do that, it could also tell local school districts to segregate on a basis of race in direct defiance of the Supreme Court’s rul… Read more

This is a sad and stupid week in Colorado, where higher education and diversity took a blow on Monday from the leftist "woke" mob. It is a great day for a fortunate university somewhere else that needs a good leader. Read more

Probably most recall efforts against public officeholders in Colorado have been as unwarranted as they have been unsuccessful. Ideally, a petition drive to launch a recall election is a fitting response only to credible evidence of bona fide malfeasance in office. A recall is not intended me… Read more

Within the space of just five weeks, we find ourselves again defending Colorado ranchers and farmers against an irrational political salvo (March 19, “Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation”). Read more

A seemingly intractable lack of diversity blemishes the otherwise strong reputation of the University of Colorado's flagship campus in Boulder. Throwbacks looking for immersion into white, homogenous, coercionist groupthink need look no farther than the Boulder campus to find Nirvana. Read more