• Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • How to submit a column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How we’re funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • How to submit a column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How we’re funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Skip to content
The Colorado Sun

The Colorado Sun

Telling stories that matter in a dynamic, evolving state.

  • Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Election 2022
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
  • Housing
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • How to submit a column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How we’re funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Guides:
  • We’re not robocalling you
  • Property tax bill calculator
  • Renewing Medicaid coverage 
  • How water rights work in Colorado
  • Why it’s so hard to cut Colorado ozone
  • How gun violence in Colorado hit a 40-year high
  • Is an EV or gas car more affordable?
  • Find home electrification rebates

Opinion

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Mike Johnston will be Denver’s next mayor, thanks to support from big money and many progressives

by Mike Littwin 4:41 AM MDT on Jun 7, 20234:41 AM MDT on Jun 7, 2023

The campaign, which had little enough drama, ended when Kelly Brough — who would have been Denver’s first female mayor — conceded just after 10 p.m.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Silverman: Denver Nuggets’ playoff run reminds that basketball can bring us together

by Craig Silverman 2:01 AM MDT on Jun 6, 20234:41 PM MDT on Jun 5, 2023

The Denver Nuggets are making me nostalgic for a lifetime of hoops with family and friends, and the stars of years past

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Dear Graduate

by Nicholas Bernhard 1:30 AM MDT on Jun 6, 202310:35 PM MDT on Jun 6, 2023

Here’s the advice I wish someone had given me when I was your age.

Posted inCartoons

Drew Litton: Some Nuggets go missing in Game 2 defeat

by Drew Litton 2:05 AM MDT on Jun 5, 20237:43 AM MDT on Jun 5, 2023

Nikola Jokić got his points against the Miami Heat, but ad cartoonist Drew Litton observes, where was the supporting cast in a Game 2 home loss that tied the series?

Posted inOpinion Columns

Zornio: Every weekend should be a three-day weekend

by Trish Zornio 2:05 AM MDT on Jun 5, 20233:27 PM MDT on Jun 2, 2023

Congress hasn’t redefined the national work week in over 80 years. A 32-hour work week without pay cuts is the next big leap for American labor laws.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Carman: The Nuggets have the power to unite Coloradans, but not everybody wants to feel the love

by Diane Carman 3:02 AM MDT on Jun 4, 20238:57 PM MDT on May 31, 2023

Political hostilities remain barely beneath the surface, combustible, waiting for the slightest hint of a spark to ignite a raging conflict. 

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: We can argue about who won the debt ceiling fight in Congress, but we know who lost

by Mike Littwin 2:05 AM MDT on Jun 4, 20231:47 PM MDT on Jun 2, 2023

Mike Littwin knows who lost the debt ceiling fight. Since it’s hard to win without playing the game, Lauren Boebert — who didn’t show up to vote against a bill she loudly opposed — gets the nod.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: Lauren Boebert is all holster and no gun

by Mario Nicolais 2:03 AM MDT on Jun 4, 20232:06 PM MDT on Jun 2, 2023

After spending weeks seeking media attention for her opposition to the most important bill currently in Congress, Boebert did not even bother to vote

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: When truth was no defense

by David Hosansky 1:30 AM MDT on Jun 4, 20238:04 PM MDT on Jun 2, 2023

A brief history of Colorado’s seminal role in American free-speech doctrine

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Let the Poudre run free

by Evan Stafford 1:30 AM MDT on Jun 3, 20237:30 PM MDT on Jun 2, 2023

Why build an expensive reservoir and pipelines to supply Northern Colorado with water when the river will do the job itself, with greater ecological benefit?

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 317 Older posts
The Colorado Sun
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon

Follow The Sun

  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Temperature
    • The Outsider
    • Colorado Sunday
    • Mike Littwin
    • What’s Working
    • The Headlines
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon

Get to Know Us

  • About Us
  • Ethics Policy
  • How We’re Funded
  • DEI Commitment
  • Annual Reports
  • Events
  • Send Tips
  • News Literacy Resources
  • RSS
  • Work For The Sun

More

  • Membership FAQs
  • Gift Membership
  • Email Membership Support
  • How To Support The Sun
  • Sponsor Us
  • Business Memberships
  • Store

Got a story tip? Drop us a note at tips@coloradosun.com


The Colorado Sun

The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon
© 2023 The Colorado Sun. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Colorado Sun Privacy Policy