Editorials

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A long overdue pardon

The presidential pardon granted last week to Charles Winters may seem a bit late, seeing as how Winters died in 1984. But that’s just a blink of an eye compared to how long it took the Vatican to reconsider its case against Galileo ...

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Alternative power survives oil-price drop

As the column below notes, Americans’ enthusiasm for fuel-efficient automobiles is fickle. It rises with gasoline prices, and drops dramatically when the price at the pump plummets. Our eagerness for alternate forms of energy ...

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Silverton not shorted in Christmas storm

The snowstorms that arrived in Colorado beginning Christmas Day didn’t dump as much white powder in many parts of the state as had been predicted. Residents of Silverton aren’t feeling shortchanged in the snow department, ...

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Still-dangerous world awaits President Obama

Pakistan moved more troops to its border with India last week, and tensions heightened between those two countries. Pakistan later sought to relieve those tensions, saying it did not want war with India and that it would work to weed out ...

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Christmas pardons

There are several weeks remaining in President George W. Bush’s term in the White House, and he could still issue some last-minute, high-profile pardons of political types, such as President Bill Clinton did in his last days in ...

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Steady and thorough led to Helmick arrest

There was considerable speculation, shortly after Alan Helmick was found shot to death at his home near Whitewater last June 10, about whether Helmick’s wife was involved. An affidavit made public this week in support of Miriam ...

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Gloria in excelsis Deo!

During the period when the old Roman empire was at the height of its power — that is, in the days of Caesar Augustus — Dec. 25 was celebrated as a festival of the unconquered sun. The festivities, of course, were held during the ...

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Editor’s Note: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in the New York Sun in 1897 and remains appropriate for this holiday season 111 years later. We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently ...

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Bogus bids bite the BLM

No doubt a few people — especially in Utah — are wondering how a 27-year-old college student with no apparent financial wherewithal was allowed to become a bidder at a BLM natural gas lease sale last Friday. But Tim DeChristopher ...

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The chamber’s smaller tent

When it comes to Western Colorado Congress’ membership in the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, think square peg in a round hole. The two organizations simply are not a good fit with each other, especially these days when they ...

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