Author
The whole system was indicted with charges in McClain case
Finally, the beginning of some justice for Elijah McClain. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Wednesday announced felony grand jury indictments against three Aurora police officers and two paramedics involved in McClain’s death. It was a relief, in a case so marred by abuse of power and betrayal of the public trust, to see public […]
Teams should stop playing Valor Christian
Valor Christian High School, based on statements from school officials and the former Valor coach they forced out for being gay, practices a form of rank bigotry. The school, located in the south metro Denver community of Highlands Ranch, is unabashed in its religiosity, and administrators think they can flash faith as a form of ethical […]
Tina Peters is a symptom. Threats to Colorado democracy go beyond her.
The clerk and recorder of Mesa County, Tina Peters, appears to have engaged in direct, potentially illegal, activities that threatened election integrity in her jurisdiction. The irony of the case is infinite — she is a far-right adherent of the big-lie movement that claims former President Donald Trump won the November election and purports to […]
The real reason the GOP’s gas station event flamed out
The Colorado Republican Party’s rollout of its 2022 election pitch to voters was a flop. That part is not much in dispute. Party leaders thought it would be a good idea to unveil their so-called “Commitment to Colorado” at a Denver gas station. They were determined to punctuate a lower-gas-prices plank — but this was […]
Do not feel bad for Kristi Burton Brown
Republican lies about the election, the January coup attempt, the threat of a former president building a new regime on the ashes of American democracy — these are not matters on which political leaders can remain aloof. Every leader in the country with a constituency to answer to must choose a side. It’s either preservation […]
Shoulder to shoulder with a seditionist in Grand Junction
Some of the photos from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s visit to Grand Junction last week made the rounds because they illustrated how out of place Rep. Lauren Boebert appeared. There was the freshman Republican, who seems to believe she was elected to Congress for the sole purpose of antagonizing the left, trying to fit in […]
Beware leftist bashing of redistricting commissions
As Colorado’s new redistricting commissions were forming this year a hostile view of them could be detected among Colorado progressives. It started quietly and started to grow, and now it’s emerging into full view. It demands a response. The commissions were adopted after Colorado voters in 2018 approved amendments Y and Z. States redraw political […]
Tear out your turf
In 2002, a drought hit Colorado. Conditions were severe, and water managers in several Front Range cities imposed mandatory restrictions on outdoor water use. The restrictions worked. Denver Water, which serves about a quarter of the Colorado population, achieved a decrease in per capita water use of more than 15%. Lafayette saw a 55% decrease. […]
A new look for Newsline
Welcome to the renovated Colorado Newsline website. Newsline’s new look is the result of almost a year of planning and designing, and today we present the results of that work. We are very excited to share it with you. Our primary goal was to enhance your experience on the site, and the redesigned Newsline is […]
Colorado not a winner in the vaccine lottery
Now that Colorado’s vaccine lottery has concluded, we can confidently say it went worse than expected. Gov. Jared Polis, taking a cue from the “Vax-A-Million” lottery in Ohio, announced in May that the state would conduct a series of five drawings in which Colorado adults could win $1 million if they were vaccinated against the […]
Colorado Newsline at 1 year old
We launched on July 1, 2020, at a truly terrible time. There were street clashes over racial injustices. A pandemic was killing Americans by the thousands. The country’s leadership was a lying crew of grifter authoritarians. Vast swaths of the electorate were coming under the sway of ludicrous conspiracy theories like a national bad trip. […]
This is the destruction that was predicted
In 1970, George S. Benton, in his time one of the nation’s leading atmospheric scientists, wrote about a rise in the Earth’s mean temperature since 1880. “The cause of these changes has been under extensive study,” Benton wrote. “One factor is the steady increase in carbon dioxide which has been observed, presumably as a result […]