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Kelly Sloan

Dispatches from Taiwan | SLOAN

The question of Taiwan continues to bear down, never quite occupying the forefront of collective international thought — at least not for long, but permanently lingering in our peripheral vision. A constant storm warning, but just distant enough to lull us into an undeserved sense…

Paula Noonan

Educate Denver’s ‘nuanced’ critique of Denver schools lacks just that, endangers district | NOONAN

Educate Denver, a self-appointed Denver Public Schools Debbie Downer group that rarely finds anything positive in public education in Denver’s schools, has produced a “nuanced” commentary on DPS’s 2025 academic performance. The authors, prominent Denverites, counter remarks from the school district that celebrate its hard-earned…

Hal Bidlack

Tinkering with the machinery of death | BIDLACK

Many years ago, I happened to cross paths with then-US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. We were attending different conferences in Aspen. I was in the Music Tent, as part of John Denver’s regular annual environmental education meeting, while Justice Blackmun was speaking to a…

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’s EPA edict illustrates why he can’t convince Coloradans | HUDSON

Miller Hudson You only have to look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent edict to Colorado forbidding us from proceeding with the scheduled closure of coal-fired electric generation plants to understand why the MAGA mindset fails to win support here at the ballot box….

Jon Caldara

A small rebellion against nannies in Denver | CALDARA

Of all places to find a growing citizens’ rebellion against the nanny state, who’d guess it’s happening in woke Denver? Take note — if Denverites can claw back a little freedom from their elite, it can happen in your city too. In this city of…

Rachel Gabel

Agriculture the answer when security is the question | GABEL

A country that can feed itself is a country that can defend itself. Algeria is rich in oil and gas, but food security and producing enough food in dry conditions remains a challenge. The African country grows a great deal of dryland crops like wheat…

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

CO voters sour on Dems, snubbed by state GOP | Dick Wadhams

Since their total takeover of state government in 2018, Colorado Democrats have ridden high on the anti-Trump hog while driving the state into decline. Gov. Jared Polis and his massive legislative majorities are increasingly influenced by self-proclaimed Democratic Socialists.  Colorado’s budget has exploded, creating a…

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…


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