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Making Colorado an energy desert | CALDARA
Jon Caldara You know when Wile E. Coyote runs off that cliff and he just hangs in the air, magically suspended for a while until he realizes what’s about to occur? Only then does he plummet. Well, Colorado energy regulators are the coyote just before…
Columnists
A miserable, horrible, dangerously cynical idea | SONDERMANN
08/09/2025 | 0
Avalanche superstar Cale Makar, not one to pass up a strategic advantage, would never be so bold as to suggest that the other team be required to play with broken sticks. Caitlin Clark, her polished exterior barely concealing the fierce competitor within, would not think…
‘Be courageous’: Gabby Giffords talks gun violence prevention with Colorado Democrats | TRAIL MIX
08/08/2025 | 0
Gabby Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman from Arizona who survived a 2011 assassination attempt, told a friendly audience in Thornton on Aug. 6 that it’ll take persistence over the long haul to end gun violence. “Move ahead, do not look back. I hope others are…
A definition and defense of political moderation | SONDERMANN
08/02/2025 | 0
A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel. As both parties have moved toward their extremities and the political noise machine exists on constant overdrive, moderation…
Op Ed
Colorado legislators cry wolf | OPINION
04/12/2024 | 0
Delia G. Malone J. Dallas Gudgell On Monday, April 1, a bill entitled the Native Carnivore Nonlethal Coexistence Act, HB24-1375, was heard in Colorado’s House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee. A majority of the legislators (9 of 13) who serve on this committee voted…
Stop big retailers’ latest move against minority communities | OPINION
04/12/2024 | 0
Maya Wheeler There are approximately 5.8 million people currently residing in Colorado. The scenic beauty, robust economy and strong sense of community are just a few reasons why people continue to migrate here. Demographic experts predict this growth trend will persist, potentially pushing the state’s…
Colorado’s lawmakers can fix right-to-repair proposal | OPINION
04/12/2024 | 0
Maggie O’Brien Many people have broken their phone screen or had a tablet with an old battery that can’t hold a charge. Often, it can be time-consuming and inconvenient to get your device fixed. Across the country, lawmakers are trying to solve that problem for…
Feedback
Legislative Democrats deranged to disarm Colorado citizenry | FEEDBACK
03/12/2024 | 0
Removing the only thing that could stop a killer, an armed and trained person with a gun on the scene, again proves the huge-majority democrats in Colorado government are willing to sacrifice innocent children and staff at schools to injury and death just to further…
Faceoff
Autonomous, ailing individuals deserve freedom to choose death terms | POINT
04/05/2024 | 0
Lisa LaBriola As a society, we pride ourselves on championing individual autonomy, upholding human dignity and advocating for compassion in times of suffering. Yet, when it comes to end-of-life decisions, we often fall short of those ideals. The debate surrounding medical aid in dying (MAID)…
Assisted suicide should give us pause | COUNTERPOINT
04/05/2024 | 0
Sage Naumann In multiple states, and across Europe, we are witnessing an abandonment of a culture of life. Assisted suicide is only the latest indicator of this shift, and its wide adoption should give us serious pause. Admittedly, the libertarian portion of my brain is…
The Podium
Upending consensus on Colorado’s charter schools | PODIUM
04/10/2024 | 0
Kay Alexander There was a time in the state legislature when the two parties found common ground on important issues. Though it may seem a quaint relic of the past, one issue where there was broad agreement was Colorado’s groundbreaking system of public-school choice, including…
Profiteering of off-the-rails rail companies endanger us all | PODIUM
04/03/2024 | 0
Carl Smith Sam Gilchrist Currently the safety of our communities, workers and ecosystems are literally being derailed by railroad companies’ dangerous practices that put profit ahead of people. For too long, states and the federal government have overlooked critical safety standards that could protect communities from…
Colorado patients deserve transparent, affordable Rx access | PODIUM
03/27/2024 | 0
Tiffany Westrich-Robertson As someone living with a complex and autoimmune form of arthritis, I understand the importance of access to affordable and effective treatments. For years, I endured debilitating symptoms – severe pain, fatigue and inflammation – before finding a medication that improved my quality of life….
Roundtable
COVER STORY: ROUND TABLE | Toward a post-pandemic session — but not yet
01/10/2021 | 0
While progress is well underway in the battle against COVID-19 in Colorado, the legislative session that convenes Wednesday is still very much in the thick of it. Even the session itself is kicking off only in truncated form to attend to some basics before taking…
Greg Brophy: A double-dare to legislative Dems
01/10/2021 | 0
Greg Brophy With complete control of the building (and all of its extensions), the Democrats on both the first and second floors of the State Capitol might find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Never in modern times have there been so many…
Tracy Kraft-Tharp: ‘Balance will be required’
01/10/2021 | 0
Tracy Kraft-Tharp The 2021 legislative session is going to be overshadowed by COVID again this year. Within this shadow lies the opportunity to demonstrate the positive role of government during such times requiring stern and invasive public health policies and those policies’ direct impacts on…
Daneya Esgar: ‘No one gets left behind’
01/10/2021 | 0
Daneya Esgar The word of the year for 2020 could very well have been “unprecedented.” While I’m sure many Coloradans could think of some more choice words to describe the year, that’s the one that comes to mind most often for me. So much of…
Matt Soper: ‘What ought to happen…but won’t’
01/10/2021 | 0
Matt Soper The 2021 legislative session will begin in unprecedented waters. After the swearing in of members, the legislature will then recess until Feb. 16 in an effort to avoid members contracting COVID-19. There appears to be more politics than science surrounding this delay decision….
Kerry Donovan: Work together, emerge stronger
01/10/2021 | 0
Kerry Donovan For many families, the last nine months have been about just getting by; it’s time for legislators to start thinking about what comes next. Looking ahead, I’m eager to expand on some of our most recent legislative accomplishments, and to tackle the challenges…
Paul Lundeen: What will the pandemic teach us?
01/10/2021 | 0
Paul Lundeen There are few things like a life-threatening crisis to clarify your perspective. The pandemic, the choices politicians made on our behalf, and the consequences of that combination give us a chance at near 20/20 vision. We just need to put on our pandemic…
Yadira Caraveo: We cannot go ‘back to normal’
01/10/2021 | 0
Yadira Caraveo As our state continues to struggle with rising cases, the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted the deep structural issues that impact our ability to respond to public health emergencies. While many of the problems we faced last year stem from the Trump administration’s…
SHELTER AMID COVID | Do more to stem evictions
08/23/2020 | 0
Carmen Medrano For most families, their single largest living expense is housing. In Colorado, rents continue to rise as wages have remained mostly stagnant. Many of our elected officials in Colorado have been working diligently to ensure that a portion of new housing built in…
SHELTER AMID COVID | There’s no eviction ‘tsunami’
08/23/2020 | 0
Drew Hamrick The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on Colorado’s housing challenges, with many good people coming up with bad ideas. It’s important that the policy prescriptions we adopt in Colorado aren’t knee-jerk reactions. In the short term, the best way to help renters…
SHELTER AMID COVID | Address housing inequality
08/23/2020 | 0
Peter Wall At the start of March, the metro-Denver residential real estate spring market was showing signs of being one of the strongest on record. When COVID-19 hit and ensuing shutdowns took effect, the market halted for a brief window of time but almost immediately…
SHELTER AMID COVID | A Colorado Politics Roundtable on the current housing challenge
08/23/2020 | 0
Did you “shelter in place” this spring? Probably not for long if the threat of eviction was looming. And not at all if there was no place to call home to begin with. It was one of the troubling ironies of the pandemic of 2020:…