15 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Valor Christian isn’t the only Colorado high school lost to ‘gladiator culture’ (Editorial)

Valor Christian’s former head football coach is the canary in the coal mine for Colorado high school sports. Bret McGatlin, pushed out after 32 months with a winning record, issued a strong statement read to concerned parents at a February meeting with school leaders. The statement decries the gladiator culture in high school sports. “At […]

14 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Rockies fire the wrong people after a record-breaking year in futility (Letters)

Once again, the Rockies are making the wrong personnel decisions Re: “Bud Black fired,” May 12 news story When Bryce Harper called the Rockies a “loser … organization” two years ago, he hit it on the head. With one-quarter of the season over, they are on pace to lose 130 games this year in what […]

13 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Idaho farmers (and our small health products company) will struggle even with Trump’s 30% tariff rate (Opinion)

Unless revoked or substantially reduced from the newly negotiated 30% for 90 days, President Donald Trump’s China tariff will still wipe out the investments made in our small family business and kill our manufacturing plant, here in Boise. When I talk to my friends and neighbors about the continuing uncertainty, I hear similar expressions of […]

12 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Justice Souter, a humble public servant, skipped the speaking engagements and tours that made his colleagues “pop culture” stars (Opinion)

This week, the US Supreme Court announced the passing of Justice David Souter, who served on the Court from 1990 to 2009, where he wrote landmark opinions on a wide range of issues, including the separation of church and state, campaign finance reform, abortion rights, and pleading standards in civil cases. I had the good […]

8 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Trump’s suit against Colorado “sanctuary laws” starts with a lie and only gets worse (Editorial)

The U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit to end “sanctuary laws” in Colorado and Denver begins with a lie that undermines every other argument in the overwrought complaint. “At the end of last year, the nation was shocked by images and videos of members of Tren de Aragua seizing control of apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado,” […]

5 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments

Many Coloradans would lose Medicaid under Trump’s proposed expansion cuts (Editorial)

Colorado’s clinics and hospitals are already feeling the strain of losing half a million patients from the post-COVID Medicaid wind-down, and now Congress is threatening to slash and burn the nation’s safety-net health insurance. We’ve been down this road before, about a dozen times since Obamacare first became law in 2010. The Affordable Care Act […]