Opinion

Reading

According to results from the Scholastic Aptitude Test, a college entrance exam, U.S. students have poorer reading skills than they have at any time since 1972. At any rate, they have poorer...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

3B

On this year’s general election ballot, most of the choices are well defined. Candidates for president and Congress have obvious differences. The county commission candidates are well known. Nearly...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

College partnerships

There are many things that Colorado’s education system does quite well, particularly given the growing scarcity of resources available to schools from preschool through college. Historically,...

DATE: Sept. 20, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

The ‘middle’ class

Americans whose household income doesn’t approach a quarter million dollars a year are rolling on the floor laughing at Mitt Romney’s recent assertion to George Stephanopolous that “middle income”...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Video violence

Just months ago, Americans were voicing cautious optimism as communications technology helped Middle Easterners depose dictators and usher in the “Arab Spring.” Now, the same technology is helping...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Enough pussyfooting around

Editor:Is it possible for this president to be any more dense and stupid? Was he born this way or has all the Marxism taught him as a child rendered him senseless? Our ambassador was murdered along...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Voter registration

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has launched a voter registration effort that has the potential of fortifying democracy in the state by reaching out to Coloradans and encouraging them to...

DATE: Sept. 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Still TBD Initiative must shift from murky to actionable

Ever since Gov. John Hickenlooper began his TBD Colorado initiative last spring, the results it was intended to produce have been unclear. Not surprisingly, as the collaborative listening and...

DATE: Sept. 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Partisan credit

On “Meet the Press” Sunday, Mitt Romney said that he would keep at least one aspect of Obamacare, the requirement that patients with pre-existing conditions be able to purchase insurance...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Block parties

KSJD’s Summerfest two weekends ago was an opportunity for area residents to get together and share a good time.Now Heart and Soul Cortez will continue the tradition with a series of block parties...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Voter registration

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has launched a voter registration effort that has the potential of fortifying democracy in the state by reaching out to Coloradans and encouraging them to...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Jobs

No matter what else voters say they care about, the ability to earn a comfortable living — “comfortable” meaning enough to pay the bills, save a little and have a little fun — is on their minds...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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