Opinion

Marijuana

The Denver Post has reported that the state is drafting new regulations for medical marijuana growers and retailers, and one of the changes is the deletion of a requirement that all such businesses...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Women in combat

The United States officially ended its ban on women in combat Thursday, with a joint announcement by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen....

DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Baby steps

The November 2012 election results left Republicans a bit chastened, though that has been difficult to detect in the language and negotiating strategies demonstrated since Barack Obama was...

DATE: Jan. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Power plant pollution

The Navajo Generating Station, near Page, Ariz., is one of the most heavily polluting coal-fired power plants in the nation, and it's upwind of the Four Corners. It sends a visible cloud, as well...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Ken Salazar

When U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar returns to Colorado in March, he will leave behind a legacy much deeper than the initials he may carve on his desk in Washington, D.C. It is a legacy...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Payroll tax

Many workers who pick up their first paycheck of the year today will find it short, and that's going to hurt.Starting Jan. 1, Social Security withholding will take 6.2 percent of each paycheck, up...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

High school

Amidst public concerns that the work of designing and building a new high school will detract from the work of educating students, Re-1 is launching an ambitious project.The worries certainly are...

DATE: Jan. 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Water well testing

When crafting new regulations around polarizing practices such as gas and oil development, the script is predictable. Environmentalists call for stringent rules and balk at those that do not go far...

DATE: Jan. 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Civil unions

With their party now a majority in both houses of the General Assembly, and with a fellow Democrat as governor, Colorado Dems have an open road for legislation that in past years has faced partisan...

DATE: Jan. 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Background checks

After the most recent mass shooting involving the killing of 20 schoolchildren and six adults in Connecticut, how to prevent such horrors has been the topic of considerable discussion. Expect that...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

'Middle'

Somewhat oddly, one of the main points of contention during "fiscal cliff" negotiations was where the line for tax increases would be drawn.The initial gambit by GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell,...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Up to us

As 2013 begins, three big questions loom..Why is our government so dysfunctional (and what would make elected officials finally get serious about their work)?.How can we prevent further tragedies...

DATE: Jan. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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