Opinion

The families of soldiers have always feared bad news from the front: word delivered by someone who witnessed the fighting, casualty lists in the newspapers, a telegram from the War Department, a...

The amount of work facing the Colorado Legislature each year is typically ambitious in proportion to the time available to lawmakers. As such, the Legislature must discipline itself to focus on the...

The Mommy Wars usually slip into a de facto truce during economic downturns, just because choices are so difficult to come by. Last week, any truce that might have existed was broken by not only by...

On a mail ballot due out next week, the Cortez Fire Protection District will ask voters to approve a 3.5-mill property tax increase, on top of the current 6.59-mill levy.Recent fires and the...

Among the best ways to set a course for a productive and prosperous future is to invest in education. That is true from both the individual and community perspectives: those who make the effort to...

In 2008, the General Assembly asked Colorado voters to increase the requirements for qualifying a proposed constitutional amendment for the state’s ballot. The voters said no, which means that the...

It’s dry out there.Climatologists at Colorado State University say that 98 percent of the state is experiencing drought conditions. That’s up from 40 percent in October.The statewide snow pack is...

The value of pursuing education beyond high school can hardly be overstated. Whether seeking a four-year liberal arts or science degree or technical training, those who invest in educating...

Here’s a statistic that will turn a student’s hair gray: Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, and some of them are struggling to pay, according to the Washington...

When Gov. John Hickenlooper’s budget office learned that the state’s general fund will come in roughly $300 million under budget for this fiscal year, there was much reason to celebrate. After all,...

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the constitutionality of the Obama administration’s 2010 health care reform plan.That’s all. The court won’t rule on whether it’s a good...