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For the second time in five years, a sitting Supreme Court justice has died, and for the second time in five years, Sen. Mitch McConnell has befouled the process to replace that justice with his...
DATE: Sept. 23, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Dear Sen. Romney, It isn’t hard to guess what you’re hearing from most of your fellow Republicans as they try to persuade you to cast a vote for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Recently, I wrote a column arguing that the blundering of the Trump administration, while real and deadly, may not be responsible for the bulk of America’s coronavirus fatalities. A few days later,...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
When I last wrote about the mega-drought in southwestern North America, we were in “extreme drought.” The rain started toward the end of July, although the drought hasn’t ended. Unfortunately, we...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
On Dec. 26, 2004, French author Emmanuel Carrère and his girlfriend were vacationing at a cliff-top hotel in Sri Lanka. Their relationship was dying, and, feeling out of sorts, they decided not to...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Paonia, a small town in western Colorado with mesas rising above it, wouldn’t green-up without water diverted from a river or mountain springs. The lively water travels through irrigation ditches...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
If Donald Trump stages a come-from-behind victory in November, the Republican Party will become an oddity for the Trump Organization: the only entity it owns but does not brand. Not only will he...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
As Donald Trump was about to accept the Republican nomination from the South Lawn of the White House with warnings that “No one will be safe in Biden’s America,” NPR was doing its part to make sure...
DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
Colorado voters will soon have a historic opportunity to overcome a monumental injustice. If voters choose to say Yes to a citizens’ initiative on Nov. 3, wolves will again mingle on a continental...
DATE: Sept. 6, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I am a third-generation Colorado rancher, and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it’s a terrible idea to vote Nov. 3 to bring back wolves to western Colorado. It threatens ranchers like...
DATE: Sept. 5, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
I’ve been thinking about the two families we’ve encountered over the past weeks. The Biden family is emotionally open, rendered vulnerable by tragedy and driven by a powerful desire to connect. The...
DATE: Sept. 2, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
You don't hear this from former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt or the usual suspects whose goal is to end many water diversions from the Colorado River, but it's true. Rural landscapes and...
DATE: Aug. 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Guest Columns
