Opinion Columns
Opinion: Lessons from the pandemic — for teachers
Online instruction forced us to stretch ourselves. Now that we’re back in the classroom, we need to keep stretching
Littwin: Colorado GOP may get the best redistricting map it could have hoped for. What are the chances they’ll blow it?
The state Supreme Court now takes up a 4-3-1 map from the independent commission, in a state Biden won by 13 points. Did Dems unilaterally disarm?
Opinion: We work in Colorado’s emergency rooms. We need you to help us end the pandemic
We are exhausted, and our hospitals are overflowing
Opinion: Retreating snowpack is a threat to Colorado skiing, and to Colorado brewing
A climate-forward federal budget can help abate the trend, and grow the energy sector
Opinion: The Earth’s dangerously warming temperature would seem to be a front-page story
Today, tomorrow and every day after that
Opinion: If we don’t drill for oil and gas on federal lands, we’ll buy it from Russia
Production from public lands is some of the most sustainable in the world. Banning it won’t cut global emissions or reduce costs
Zornio: Fact-checking Jared Polis on COVID, air quality and taxes
How the governor’s interview on Colorado Matters holds up to the facts. There has been intense debate.
Opinion: The West’s sickly, bloated forests are full of carbon, ready to burn
Restoring them to health will require collaboration at all levels of public and private management
Opinion: Fossil fuels are threatening Colorado skiing
A warmer world is making our landscapes and economies unrecognizable. The federal budget reconciliation bill will help Colorado prepare to cope
Littwin: Conservative Supreme Court justices are asking us to, please, stop calling them partisan hacks
Since the court decided not to issue a stay on a Texas abortion law, justices have rushed to defend themselves. Are they listening to critics?
Nicolais: Rationing health care should be a scary side effect for the unvaccinated
Other states have recently adopted official crisis of care standards that provide health care providers more flexibility to choose who receives care and who does not
Opinion: In 1993, Colorado lost a Black pioneer in medicine. Now it has lost his Denver home
Dr. Charles Blackwood’s Gaylord Street bungalow was a marker of Denver’s history and it was worth preserving
Opinion: A clean electricity grid is possible, if Colorado and federal lawmakers follow through
Colorado and the West need significant federal investment to accelerate our clean energy transition
Opinion: Colorado lawmakers are increasing the cost of running a business
Many regulations may be necessary and have benefits, but let’s not pretend they don’t have costs
Opinion: How Sen. Bennet can help save community news in Colorado
Tax breaks will let individuals, not the government, determine how much support to give to local news
Opinion: A queer lens on what happened to Valor Christian’s volleyball coach
It is a bold and audacious gift to oneself to walk away, though there will be relationships to grieve and questions unanswered
Littwin: Do Pelosi and Biden have a plan to save the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill? They’d better.
Pelosi says the House will vote on the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill on Thursday. She needs progressives to pass it, and that’s where things get complicated.
Opinion: Too much talk, too little action from the Interior Dept. on conservation
If a summer of high temperatures and low Colorado River flows is not the right time to stop fossil-fuel development on public lands, when is the right time?
Opinion: Widen and shorten the path to citizenship
From my view in the classroom, I can see our current policies tearing families apart
Zornio: Gabby Petito’s tragic death should inspire changes to domestic violence policy
One in four women are victims of domestic violence in America, but change is possible
