Editorials

Vivid reminder

Published on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:00am

A recent grizzly bear mauling in Park County provides a vivid reminder of two critical things if you want to live, recreate or hunt here — or if you just

Haley’s signature achievement was to push her job toward irrelevance

Published on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:00am

Nikki Haley, who on Tuesday announced her resignation as the U.S. representative to the United Nations, was less strident than the president who appointed her — not much of an

GUEST EDITORIAL: No sense making it easy for them

Published on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 12:00am

So this is about tariffs, trade and technology. You know, dull stuff. But stick with us here because beyond the bore, there is something important. Besides, the porn industry is

GUEST EDITORIAL: From ‘silly’ to ‘slimy’

Published on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 12:00am

We used to bemoan the start of “silly season,” the weeks (or months) preceding Election Day in which supporters and opponents of certain candidates resort to increasingly ridiculous tactics in

GUEST EDITORIAL: Sending migrant kids to Trump’s tent city is atrocious

Published on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 12:00am

Stoking fears of changing demographics and hinting at the decline of white America, the Trump administration has adopted a severe, xenophobic immigration policy. After trying to bar Muslims from the

GUEST EDITORIAL: Trump and the self-made sham

Published on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 12:00am

“I built what I built myself.” This boast has long been at the core of the mythology of Donald Trump, Self-Made Billionaire. As the oft-told story goes, young Mr. Trump

GUEST EDITORIAL: A slow burn for reform

Published on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 12:00am

Even though recreational marijuana is legal in both Colorado and California, you can’t board a Californiabound airplane at DIA with a pot stash because possession is still a federal crime

Civility suggests need for protest boundaries

Published on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 12:00am

As Americans, we recognize and support — indeed, celebrate — the right of protesters to speak their minds and make their voices heard. However, simple civility suggests the need for

NEWS ANALYSIS: At UN, world leaders grapple with fragmented world

Published on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 12:00am

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — To watch events unfold at the United Nations this week — the parade of human leaders bringing their entreaties to the rostrum one after another —

Hit pause on Brett Kavanaugh

Published on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00am

Enough. With a third woman stepping forward with accusations that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh committed sexual assault as a young man, this destructive stampede of a Supreme Court