September brings Hispanic Heritage Month, a commemoration that we would think has fulfilled its purpose after all these years but is still a n…
Buried inside Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation spending package is legislation that could destroy the global competitiveness of the U.S…
Today is Monday and it feels as though the weeks have forgotten to reset every 7 days.
Assuming the Republican Party doesn’t eliminate its own primary, thus disenfranchising a million Republican and 1.6 million unaffiliated voter…
We remember the day like it was yesterday. Clear blue skies, crisp fall air. And how quickly those hopeful blue skies became a backdrop for horror.
In addition to my role as chief medical officer, I am also a pediatric emergency medicine physician and father of three. Throughout this pande…
I got my COVID shot long ago. Two doses of Pfizer in January, no side effects. Nothing but negative COVID tests since then.
It’s the season of anniversaries: My arrival in Vietnam, the 9/11 attacks, and now the one that’s still bleeding and will be hurting for a lon…
Americans have been hoping for economic recovery and a return to normalcy. Instead, they’re experiencing ongoing pandemic concerns and the ra…
Gender dysphoria, or gender self-identity, is the feeling of severe discomfort about one’s biological and physiological sex. While this may be…
Dear Dr. David Peak and The District 12 directors:
Charlie Caldara came to Colorado in 1971 to be Colorado, not to change it.
Point: Dan Caplis
Suicide is a national public health concern that affects all Americans, including veterans, their families, and their friends.
Colorado is the epicenter for the aerospace and defense economy.
More than a year into life in a pandemic, Coloradans in all our state’s diverse communities have dealt with the heartache, uncertainty, and st…
New presidents often find themselves tested early in their administration; their performance is revealing to allies and enemies alike.
As a retired superintendent of school and with over 35 years of experience in education, I am appalled at how our children/students are being …
It’s time to stop robbing my son of an education.
I chose to spend a large portion of my career as a prosecutor on the local, state and federal level because of my strong belief that prosecuti…
Point: Rep. Dave Williams
In 2020, we lost 93,000 Americans to drug overdoses. That’s more deaths than all of those who died in the Vietnam War and Iraq Wars combined. …
I’m floating 60 feet underwater, breathing pressurized oxygen from a tank strapped to my back. It’s clear from the turtle’s bemused gaze I don…
This summer has challenged wildland firefighters due to megafires, dealing with COVID, fuel shortages and a host of other difficulties. Unfort…
In 1870, Civil War hero General William Jackson Palmer, on first seeing the Southern Colorado region, wrote these words to his wife. His lette…
Our communities have become increasingly dependent upon our emergency responders, including public safety, first responder, and frontline heal…
As students, educators and parents focus on picking up the pieces from two difficult school years interrupted by pandemic, the challenge of do…
Have you had one of those moments where you witness something that makes you do a double-take? It just happened to me.
Point: Greg Brophy
Dick Lamm was the most popular and most controversial governor in modern Colorado political history.
President Joe Biden, who as of this writing has not publicly addressed the coup in Afghanistan, should be privately asking for resignations at…
“I see one! Look, there!” My daughter’s finger knifed at the dark sky, where moments earlier, a fiery streak from the annual Perseid meteor sh…
It was no surprise that a tiny minority of American athletes at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympic Games self-indulged in irrational anti-pa…
Our longest war is over. It’s not easy to accept defeat. But it has happened again. The Taliban have defeated us, just as the Viet Cong and th…
We recently turned in over 190,000 signatures (124,632 valid signatures are required) to put Initiative 27 on this November’s ballot. This bal…
Nearly six decades ago, Martin Luther King Jr. fought for a better world, imploring us to judge others by “the content of their character.” He…
Point: Kristi Brown
If you think it’s difficult to talk about racial issues without being called a racist, try talking about the transexual movement.
On July 14, 2005, then-Mayor John Hickenlooper announced a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Denver. Sixteen years later, and a brief glance…
Dear Summit Family Restaurants,
Gov. Jared Polis and Progressive Democrat majorities at the Ssate Capitol have spent the past three years ignoring clearly-expressed voices of…
Point: Bill Murray
It has been among the great pleasures of my career to have been befriended by Dick Lamm.
A wise man told us to hold hands, unify, and try to understand each other. He won hearts and minds with logic and words. Another man suggested…
More than a year and a half since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the toll on our physical and mental health is clear and well-documen…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has lost roughly 500,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs. That’s a heavy toll for s…
The NFL has announced that the playing of our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” preceding games in the upcoming season will regular…
In 1990, the former director of the Urban League of the Pikes Peak Region, John Stokes Holley, published “Invisible People of the Pikes Peak R…
As our communities attempt to recover from COVID-19 and the state government shutdowns from this past year, one important local player is the …
