23 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
First, a bakery. Now a kids’ summer camp? Colorado’s attack on Christians continues. (Letters)
First, a bakery. Now a kids’ summer camp? Re: “Christian summer camp says state will shut it down over gender policy,” May 20 news story A Christian summer camp near Bailey could be shut down over state regulations pending a magistrate’s ruling, according to The Denver Post. Camp IdRaHaJe, derived from the hymn “I’d Rather […]
23 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Denver’s cuts will come at a terrible time, but no one should be surprised (Editorial)
No one should be surprised that Denver is scaling back hiring and spending for 2025 and 2026. The city has been living high on the hog for more than a decade, growing city government services and hiring hundreds, if not thousands, of new employees. Like a majority of Denver taxpayers, The Denver Post editorial board […]
21 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Democratic leaders must acknowledge the cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical weaknesses (Opinion)
This saddening news of President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has added fuel to questions about his health during his presidency. No one wants to see the former president and long-time senator facing a serious illness, and I hope that his treatment is effective. This announcement was made the same week of the release of […]
21 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Grand County boy’s suspicious death would have remained a rural-Colorado secret if not for watchdogs. More transparency is needed. (Editorial)
When a malnourished and dehydrated 7-year-old died in Grand County with deadly levels of sodium in his blood, the response from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office was to send an investigator and an assistant county coroner to assure the child’s parents that the investigation would go no further and that documents surrounding the death would […]
21 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Baseball Hall of Fame needs to check its gambling hypocrisy (Letters)
Hall needs to check its hypocrisy Re: “Lifting Hall of Fame ban on Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe came decades late,” May 15 commentary I have long believed that the Baseball Hall of Fame has excluded a number of outstanding players for arbitrary reasons. Pete Rose is a notable example, as pointed out in the commentary. […]
20 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
For waste and inefficiency, you can’t beat America’s government-forced corn ethanol gas (Opinion)
Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was born. It’s hard on both, so until 35 years ago it never caught on much, at least not for engines. But in 1990, Congress amended the Clean Air Act, requiring gasoline to be spiked […]
“Dumbgerous,” a word coined by a 13-year-old friend, is a handy term for something both stupid and harmful. Not only should it be added to the English lexicon, Dumbgerous Awards should be bestowed on an annual basis. It’s only May, but there are strong contenders for 2025. Last week, a divided Colorado Supreme Court decided […]
19 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Denver City Council’s Suncor virtue signaling costs residents $300K (Letters)
Virtue signaling: City council costs residents $300K Re: “City Council rejects $25M contract with Suncor,” May 7 news story How arrogant and misguided is Councilwoman Shontel Lewis who said she would vote no on the asphalt contract because Suncor is a major contributor to ongoing environmental justice problems in North Denver. As if this has […]
18 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Due process “dismissed as the refrain of woke liberals” (Letters)
Due process “dismissed as the refrain of woke liberals” Re: “Trump’s bid to free Tina Peters shows disrespect for due process,” May 11 commentary, and “Officials target habeas corpus” May 11 news story I think columnist Krista Kafer sees quite clearly that the GOP is completely derailed. When I was in grade school, during conservative […]
16 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Polis’ Senate Bill 5 veto maintains the Labor Peace Act, until compromise can be met (Editorial)
Colorado lawmakers vacated the state Capitol more than a week ago, having done extraordinary bipartisan work with the state’s tightening budget. But Gov. Jared Polis’ vetoes have kept some of the Democrats’ more ambitious goals in check. On Friday, Polis struck down an attempt to make Colorado more union-friendly, a bill that would have undone […]