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‘Must call out those casual, careless about trust’

As director of a nonprofit in LaPlata County, I was dismayed to read the headline “Former director of Southwest Colorado nonprofit suspected of embezzlement.” The director of the local nonpr...

SCOTUS should accept Colorado decision Trump ‘not qualified’ for primary

Former President Donald Trump was denied his application to be on the Colorado Republican primary ballot by the Colorado Supreme Court that determined he is not qualified to serve as preside...

Energy guru says energy gap can be bridged ‘smarter, faster’

The experts tell us an energy gap looms. Fossil fuels are phasing out, and solar and wind power can’t produce enough electricity to meet the demand in coming decades. But that’s not the thin...

‘Stance of elected officials toward science matters’

At a recent church-sponsored town hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado Representative and pastor Scott Bottoms rejected the science of biological evolution, calling it a hoax. To my knowledge,...

Lawmakers should put home equity theft to the curb

Many Coloradans spend a lifetime building up equity in their home, creating a financial cushion that is often the sum of their life savings. Few people know that those savings can be unfairl...

Terrible dilemma faces the Great Basin

The long drive between Salt Lake City and Reno, Nevada, on Interstate 80 feels endless, the landscape timeless. But these basins and ranges of the Great Basin Desert are changing dramaticall...

‘Talk about Biden’s age is code’

It was never my intention to become an expert on language and I make no claim to be one. But it is hard to spend a quarter of a century reading and editing written opinions without developin...

‘Changes happened at pace matched by early settlement days’

C.S. Lewis – “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when we look back everything is different.” The one constant in life is that things change. Times, technology, beliefs, peopl...

One migrant’s story: ‘Jobs scarce, gangs everywhere’

Exactly what causes people to leave their homeland and make a difficult trek of 3,000 miles? A young woman I’ll call Jhovid, who came here from Venezuela, has asked me to listen to her answe...

Depression, anxiety with Alzheimer’s ‘is what it is’

You might be tired of reading about my fight with depression and anxiety. Honestly, I’m tired of writing about it, but it is what it is. I suppose some others who have mild cognitive impairm...

‘Venezuelan migrants paralyzed by system restricting working'

President Joe Biden arrived in Denver in late November as part of his “Investing in America” tour and upon landing he was met by Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. The presiden...

‘Conundrum’ of Kit Carson, peak named for him

My hike up Kit Carson Peak in June 2000 began with great ambition and ended with confusion. Confusion remains now, almost 24 years later, if in a different way. We’re not sure what to call t...
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