Editorials

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Speedier process is needed for pine beetles

While pine beetles that have ravaged large chunks of Colorado’s high-country forests move relatively quickly, it’s safe to say that the bureaucratic process employed to battle the beetles moves at a snail’s pace. According ...

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JPMorgan Chase and the Volcker Rule

It’s rarely good news when an obscure financial regulation becomes a front-and-center element of our national debate. It means something’s gone awry with the industry the obscure rule is supposed to regulate. That’s exactly ...

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Cleaning desert eyesores helps entire community

Neighbors’ anger is understandable over the unauthorized junkyard that developed on property near theirs north of Interstate 70 off 33 Road. The unsightly mess at 761 33 Road has undoubtedly hurt their property values, as well as their ...

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Vote, not more dodging, needed in special session

Anyone who paid attention to the final days of Colorado’s 2012 legislative session can be excused for feeling nauseated. The Colorado House, under the leadership of Speaker Frank McNulty, became the epitome of dysfunctional, ...

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‘Park’ brand remains the best there is

Explaining the “monument” part of Colorado National Monument to visitors has always been difficult. After all, there is no bronze statue or marble obelisk to show them. There is only the grandeur of the natural elements — the ...

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Utah drilling project boosts cleaner fuel

The announcement Tuesday by Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar that his department has approved a major natural gas drilling project for east-central Utah is welcome news in several respects. For one thing, the approval allows Texas-based ...

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Make legistors take stand on civil unions

The bill to allow civil unions among gay couples in Colorado faces its final obstacle in the state House of Representatives this week. Or it will if Speaker Frank McNulty and other House Republican leaders allow the full House to debate and ...

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Dewey’s exoneration

Robert “Rider” Dewey tasted freedom last week, even touched a tree for the first time in 16 years. Dewey was serving a life sentence for the 1994 rape and murder of 19-year-old Jacie Taylor in her Palisade apartment after he was ...

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The miracle of The House

“This place is really a miracle,” John Mok-Lamme said as he celebrated the opening of The House on Wednesday. Mok-Lamme was referring to the series of setbacks and near-disasters that Karis Inc. overcame to open The House, the ...

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Our values dictate help for Chen

The story of Chen Guangcheng is a tale that can both fill the heart and make the blood within it boil. Chen is a blind, self-taught lawyer who found himself at odds with Chinese leaders for exposing forced abortions and sterilizations among ...

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