Author: The Gazette editorial board
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s unruly schools are its underachieving schools
One of the myths conjured up by the soft-on-crime “justice reform” crowd is that there is a “school-to-prison pipeline” that unfairly incarcerates kids for minor infractions. It follows — by the thinking of the justice reformers — that schools should go easy on discipline lest more kids are sent down that presumed pipeline. It’s a…
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EDITORIAL: Kendrick Castillo’s heroic life on trial for sainthood
Eighteen-year-old Kendrick Castillo gave his life to protect his classmates from a gunman at STEM School Highlands Ranch, just weeks before his high school graduation in May 2019. He embodies the characteristics of history’s most inspiring saints, so it seems fitting that Colorado-based Catholic leaders are asking the Vatican to recognize him among the church’s…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado must solve its child care crisis
Reputable sociologists and economists agree on one problem. The decline of the traditional two-parent family with children threatens our country’s economic and cultural future. Policymakers can address substance abuse, crime, illiteracy, poverty and economic struggles for the middle class as individual dilemmas but cannot adequately resolve these ills without addressing the crisis of the family.…
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EDITORIAL: Blame politicians for soaring insurance rates
Predictably, Colorado’s health insurance market is crumbling under years of mandates imposed on insurers — despite a governor who earnestly promised to lower health care costs. The Colorado Division of Insurance recently announced that small group insurance rates will rise by an average of 13.6% in 2026, with Western Slope residents facing hikes as high…
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EDITORIAL: Lawsuit-friendly Colorado gets noticed
Colorado has landed on yet another list of dubious distinctions: It has been designated a “lawsuit inferno” by a national watchdog group that battles runaway litigation. As reported by The Denver Gazette, the label was affixed by the American Tort Reform Association, which rates all 50 states on their likelihood of generating lawsuits. Colorado joins…
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EDITORIAL: Coloradans’ death by a thousand fees
When Californians, New Yorkers or residents of assorted other states decamp for a new life in Colorado, they’re often enough impressed by what appears to be our low taxes. In New York, the sliding-scale state income tax tops out at nearly 11%. In California, it’s over 12%. Colorado, of course, has one flat tax rate…
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EDITORIAL: New ruling restores a woman’s right to choose
United States District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a landmark pro-choice ruling in Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser, permanently blocking — for one clinic — Colorado’s desire to force abortions on mothers who don’t want them. This decision strikes a blow to the state’s far-left leadership, which has hypocritically restricted medical freedom under the guise…
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EDITORIAL: ‘Harm reduction’ backfires on Colorado
For all the local, state and federal tax dollars thrown at “harm reduction” programs to address Colorado’s addiction crisis, it would be only reasonable to expect a return on that investment. And our state is indeed getting a return — just not the kind it had hoped for. The startling news reported the other day…
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EDITORIAL: A stand-up sheriff takes on a bullying AG
A week after Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser very publicly and ceremoniously filed suit against a lone Mesa County sheriff’s deputy — for upholding immigration law — the AG is wiping egg off his face. On Wednesday, the deputy’s boss, Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell, pushed back. Rowell called out Weiser, a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful,…
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EDITORIAL: Denver’s billion-dollar bond — too big for one bite
There are plenty of essentials in Denver’s pending bond proposal, now at almost $1 billion for about 60 wide-ranging public improvements. There’s nearly $90 million for replacing the aging 8th Avenue Viaduct. Another $60 million for repairs to the 6th Avenue Viaduct. There’s $70 million for developing the Park Hill Golf Course into a regional…