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CU Regent Wanda James’ brand — under a cloud | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 1 day ago
For years, CU Regent Wanda James has cultivated a public reputation based on three pillars: marijuana pioneer, business leader, and serial entrepreneur. Now, as one of two...

Don’t sacrifice Aurora’s strides in public safety | Michael Hancock
Updated 2 days ago
A serious city can mourn a death without surrendering its judgment. It can examine a police shooting, review tactics, reform procedures, and still refuse to...

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...

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...
Bennet wants to be Colorado's next governor | Cronin and Loevy
Updated 6 days ago
Is Jared Polis turning into Dick Lamm? | Jon Caldara
Updated 6 days ago
A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek
Updated 7 days ago
Aurora council’s Rob Andrews must resign | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 1 week ago
Moderates are not our salvation | Mike Rosen
Updated 1 week ago
Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case?| Eric Sondermann
Updated 2 weeks ago
Aurora’s new council invites abuse, litigation | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 2 weeks ago
Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what's best for the people | Rachel Gabel
Updated 2 weeks ago
Hantavirus, Ebola and other pandemics yet to come | Pius Kamau
Updated 2 weeks ago

Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara
Updated 2 weeks ago
By Jon Caldara I am personally responsible for helping overpay socialists to make Colorado unaffordable, overregulated and one windstorm away from a power blackout. I...

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...

Attorney General Phil Weiser's underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy
Updated 2 weeks ago
Phil Weiser, 58, Colorado's attorney general, is in a heated race against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, 61, for the Democratic nomination for governor. They are...

Questions, still unanswered, swirl around Victor Marx | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 2 weeks ago
I’ve followed and covered Colorado politics closely for 22 years. It’s been a long time since I encountered a major statewide candidate I’d never heard of before announcing. I’d also never encountered any candidate for office...
The civil rights solution America forgot | Michael Hancock
Updated 2 weeks ago
A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction | Eric Sondermann
Updated 3 weeks ago
Trump’s wise pick for the 10th Circuit | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 3 weeks ago
Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel
Updated 3 weeks ago
Too much Tina | Jon Caldara
Updated 3 weeks ago
Too much ado about Tina Peters | Jon Caldara
Updated 3 weeks ago
Be The People campaign hopes to reignite American spirit | Vince Bzdek
Updated 3 weeks ago
New Aurora council micromanages, muzzles cops | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 3 weeks ago
Polis grants a lawyerly clemency to Peters | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 3 weeks ago
Public school teacher strikes are intolerable | Mike Rosen
Updated 3 weeks ago

A win for keeping public lands in public hands
Updated 4 weeks ago
The Public Lands Rule has been rescinded. The rule, first proposed in 2023, would have complicated the balanced partnership between federal agencies and all multiple uses on...

Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams
Updated 4 weeks ago
Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Republican Party will make consequential decisions that will determine just how relevant it will be in 2026 and beyond. The...

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...

Elders offer untapped potential for the common good | Pius Kamau
Updated 4 weeks ago
At the ripe old age of 100, he says he’s not done yet. I admire anyone who still has more arrows in their quiver at such a mature...
'Doing something’ on AI will backfire | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 4 weeks ago
Aurora needs a city council, not group therapy | Michael A. Hancock
Updated 1 month ago
Jeffco schools chief exits amid safety audit’s red flags | Jimmy Sengenberger
Updated 1 month ago
Colorado needs a sane, viable opposition party | Eric Sondermann
Updated 1 month ago
Antitrust suit seeks better prices for farmers | Rachel Gabel
Updated 1 month ago
Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin
Updated 1 month ago
Colorado's rulers save democracy from the voters | Jon Caldara
Updated 1 month ago
There's a radical new trend in pop culture: wholesomeness | Vince Bzdek
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