Category Archive : Cartoons

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]