Tag: Opinion
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COLUMN: Christmas time past and present | Joe Barrera
In the nostalgia time that comes at the end of December every year I remember my past life and what that past means for me now. In this.town full of military veterans I think a lot about my Army life, the combat I saw in the Vietnam War, the long twisting road I have walked since…
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‘New to country’ kids helped pad DPS enrollment | Jimmy Sengenberger
Earlier this year, Denver Public Schools tried to blame President Donald Trump for their enrollment crisis — and even made a federal case of it. They failed. But the district was right about one thing: enrollment is collapsing. They just couldn’t put the blame where they wanted to. Now, the chickens have come home to…
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Eight exemplars to guide us into the new year | Eric Sondermann
It started as a one-off in my first year of writing this regular column. To ring in the new year back in the eventful year of 2020, I offered a shoutout to eight Coloradans who served as models of how to lead lives to meaning, decency and contribution. The response to that initial piece quickly…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado’s ‘competency’ loophole imperils public safety
By Elizabeth Caven The evening the video of the brutal attack went viral, a wave of disbelief washed over Colorado: How could a man charged with attempted murder be free on the streets, not by bail or a plea deal, but because the law declared him unfit to stand trial and therefore not required to…
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Peters earned her prison time; GOP must move on | BRAUCHLER
The Tina Peters case continues to reveal how the Republican Party has abandoned its long-time commitment to the Rule of Law, including our once sacrosanct Constitution. Republicans BT (Before Trump) were committed to law and order, without passion or prejudice. The law mattered. But no more. Last week, POTUS declared that he had granted a…
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Dems shed crocodile tears for narco-terrorists | Mike Rosen
President Trump has taken the war on drugs to narco-terrorists with attacks on high-speed drug boats in the Caribbean ferrying drugs to ultimate destinations in the U.S. Feckless Democrats and their media allies have responded with a counterattack ― against Trump! The first salvo was a contrived video just before Thanksgiving by six congressional Democrats flaunting their…
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GUEST COLUMN: Heed Colorado’s mistakes; don’t ‘reschedule’ pot
By Caroline Jordan When Coloradans voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 with Amendment 64, I was 14 years old. As a freshman in high school, I was among the first generation of teens to experience the reality of legal weed. It put Colorado on the map as the place where Americans came to get…
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Hanukkah’s call to rededication — against antisemitism | Jimmy Sengenberger
A weekend of violence swept the globe, capped by another brutal attack on Jews — this time on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. A father-and-son team of gunmen killed at least 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor, as families gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. A celebration to spread…
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Dougco shoplifting ordinance victimizes victims | CALDARA
Law enforcement must be respected. It also needs to be liked. And, above all, it must be trusted. Citizens should feel welcome to engage with police — not coerced. That balance is what makes American law enforcement different. Douglas County now plans to require retailers who’ve been victimized by shoplifters to report the crime to…
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Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission votes to suspend reality | CALDARA
Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission has done it again — proving when regulators get together, they can create a fantasyland so detached from reality it makes Disneyland look like a documentary. Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission just adopted a new rule ordering power utilities to slash greenhouse emissions 41% by 2035, a big jump from the legislature’s…