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Five cultural lies people accept as being true | Paul Batura

Updated 3 days ago

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? Writing in an 1889 essay, the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde contested the latter. The article was...

The “launchpad generation” and the three A’s | Eric Sondermann

Updated 4 days ago

Wisdom often arrives when you least expect it. This tidbit came from an ordinary lunch, part personal catch-up, part chat about the sad state of our...

Michael Bennet’s campaign for governor: A closer look at record and experience | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 5 days ago

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is considered the front-runner in the Colorado Democratic Party primary contest for governor. His major opponent is current Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. The Democratic primary election is...

CPW has a weighty decision to make on a recent wolf kill | Rachel Gabel

Updated 5 days ago

Gov. Jared Polis made three new appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and reappointed both Richard Reading, at-large representative, and vice chair Gabriel Otero, sportspersons representative who resides west...

Is Jared Polis turning into Dick Lamm? | Jon Caldara

Updated 6 days ago

A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

Updated 7 days ago

Moderates are not our salvation | Mike Rosen

Updated 1 week ago

Investigating the issue of medical mistrust in Black communities | Rachel Stovall

Updated 1 week ago

Why Biaggi’s failed and In-N-Out succeeds | Paul Batura

Updated 1 week ago

Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case?| Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what’s best for the people | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 weeks ago

Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have traveled together from their...

The Air Force Academy is a bargain you can’t beat | Paul Batura

Updated 2 weeks ago

By now, you’ve likely already heard them: The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are in town to put their annual exclamation point on Thursday’s Air...

A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction | Eric Sondermann

Updated 3 weeks ago

It seemed an itch that Gov. Jared Polis just had to scratch. After months of hints and speculation, Polis put his signature on a commutation of the...

Memorial Day is for remembering the fallen | Joe Barrera

Updated 3 weeks ago

As we have heard many times, on Veterans’ Day, November 11, we honor the present and former soldiers who are still with us. On Memorial...

Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

Getting to the root of the evil that is dominating our country

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Too much Tina | Jon Caldara

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Too much ado about Tina Peters | Jon Caldara

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Be The People campaign hopes to reignite American spirit | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 weeks ago

Remember the local soldiers who helped save the Union | Paul Batura

Updated 3 weeks ago

Public school teacher strikes are intolerable | Mike Rosen

Updated 3 weeks ago

Local area Cinco de Mayo efforts are noticeably unique | Rachel Stovall

Updated 4 weeks ago

A win for keeping public lands in public hands

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams

Updated 4 weeks ago

Questions for Mike and Phil | Jon Caldara

Updated 4 weeks ago

If you’re a fan of the old Seinfeld TV show, you might remember the fat postman, Newman, being asked why postal workers “go postal”? “Because...

Hard-fought Dem primary could put GOP’s Kirkmeyer in governor’s chair | Cronin & Loevy

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer has the most political and governmental experience of the many candidates running for the 2026 Republican nomination for governor of...

Band of tech entrepreneurs sounds alarm on Colorado’s business climate | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 weeks ago

By Vince Bzdek It’s really not a headline you want to see in the national press: “Entrepreneurs Flocked to Colorado. Now Red Tape Is Driving...

Avoid cancel culture, especially with kids | Rachel Stovall

Updated 4 weeks ago

Recently, several students at Harrison High School shared a social media photo involving balloons arranged to resemble a racial slur. The N- word. According to classmates,...