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Crime will change with different leaders

In early May, my car was stolen from a parking lot. Two hours after I left it outside of a park, it was gone. Far too many Coloradans are familiar with this experience. When the police arriv...

DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

5 things Frisch must do to beat Boebert

Can Democrat Adam Frisch beat Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert? Up front, I should admit that I am not a Boebert fan. Her rhetoric makes gridlock easy and problem-solving hard. Clearly, I...

DATE: Jul 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Single-payer system benefits patients, physicians

U.S. physician organizations are shifting positions toward a single-payer healthcare system to benefit both doctors and patients. The single-payer system is a streamlined financing mechanism...

DATE: Jul 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Turn on comfort TV, turn off the strife

Like you, I can watch anything I want to on television right now. Between cable, streaming and YouTube, I can experience any adventure, get involved in any romance or inhabit any world I fee...

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Keystone Pipeline won’t make gas cheaper

Ever since boycotts started blocking Russian petroleum products, social media has been rife with memes that blame rising gasoline prices on “the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline.” Examp...

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Fear of wolves rooted in myth

Wolves are coming to Colorado and, so far, I have not witnessed people preparing for their arrival. Letters appear in local papers, suggesting that ranchers will be the victims once wolves r...

DATE: Jul 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

How to water when you’re away

Mulch works for a while, but a watering system works better over time

DATE: Jul 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Living

Independent voters ready to exert influence

I don’t want to be called unaffiliated. That’s what Colorado’s secretary of state calls me. Merriam-Webster says it means I am “not associated with another.” It’s not true. I am an independe...

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

RETURN bill ‘devastating to incredible outdoor heritage’

A recent bill proposal, called the RETURN Our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022, has been introduced to essentially repeal the Pittman-Robertson Act and the Dingell-Johnson Act. In a nutshel...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Becoming Colorado: 100 objects that illuminate the state’s vivid history and people

Imagine trying to define our state’s diverse history and culture by carefully choosing 100 objects selected from History Colorado’s 15 million documents, photographs and artifacts. Then, on...

DATE: Jul 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

How to counter a grasshopper offensive

Try enlisting an enemy to control the ancient foe

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Living

Read this before taking up hockey

How exciting it was to watch our Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup. They are a team of such beautiful skaters and stick handlers, and the pace they set is hard to match. I have long adm...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion