Opinion Columns
Opinion Columns
Opinion: Despite COVID-19 challenges, educators are doing their best to serve students
We will continue to work with our school districts to prioritize the health and safety of students and educators while creating the best learning and teaching conditions.
Opinion: In times like these, polarization can bring clarity
Four years ago, I would have said America is a nation rooted in democracy and reason. Four years of argument and division have shown me otherwise.
Littwin: Normal, on an anything-but-normal Inauguration Day for Joe Biden, was more than good enough
Joe Biden is president, meaning Donald Trump is not, and that means that for much of the nation, we can finally exhale.
Opinion: Why Coloradans should be skeptical about gig companies’ promises
When the gig companies come calling in Colorado, we should look at what happened in California
Littwin: The story you may have missed amid the craziness of Trump’s final days
In the past six months, the Trump administration has executed 13 federal death-row prisoners. That’s three times as many as had been executed in the past 60 years.
Opinion: How Tom Vilsack can be a champion for school food as USDA secretary
Given financial inequities and unemployment, school meals may be the only meals some kids get.
Opinion: America’s refugee program has been dismantled. Here’s how we should rebuild under Biden.
Let’s reclaim our role as the world’s preeminent and most generous country in refugee resettlement.
Opinion: 5 ways to end education redlining in Denver
It's time to turn words regarding equity and justice into policy change and action.
Silverman: The truth about Trump’s insurrection will emerge in a courtroom
Evidence against President Trump will only get stronger in a Senate impeachment trial
Opinion: Achieving racial equity in health care is a task for all of us
It starts with all health systems identifying biases in providing health care.
Littwin: Trump may soon be gone, but an impeachment trial will ensure his misdeeds won’t be forgotten
A Senate impeachment trial would give a necessary public hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection — with millions watching — and the danger Trump has posed to American democracy.
Nicolais: What were the odds that Trump would be so beloved by bookies?
Political odds makers have had a field day over the past year – and will not be slowing down soon
Opinion: Voluntary, piecemeal actions by online companies to cut down on misinformation are not enough
We need to have a substantive conversation about accountability, transparency, and regulation of social media platforms.
Opinion: Bravo to Ken Buck for standing up for the Electoral College. Now, here’s what’s wrong with it.
It's an antidemocratic allocation of power to small states with roots in the protection of slavery.
Opinion: After Trump, we must restore respect for the search for truth
Crafting conspiracy theories has become an art, in which a few facts are thrown into a concoction of lies and half-truths.
Opinion: Huge cyberattack shows it’s time to fix our failing cybersecurity infrastructure
We live in an age of asymmetric cyber warfare where even small teams of attackers have an advantage over large and well-funded defenders.
Opinion: Learning a lesson about having a cult leader at the helm of society
A narcissistic egomaniac with delusions of godhood does not belong in the White House.
Opinion: Lauren Boebert must go, because voters decide elections, not politicians
What Boebert attempted to do, most likely for show, was anti-democratic and an affront to our republican form of government.
Opinion: In our dealings with other nations, can we still hold up our own transitions of power as a model?
Can we still trust our leaders to maintain and promote the commitment to peaceful transitions?
