Editorials

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O.J. is prison-bound

It’s not for a murder that the vast majority of Americans believe he committed, but O.J. Simpson is going to prison. On Friday, a judge in Las Vegas sentenced the one-time football star to 15 years in prison for a gunpoint robbery ...

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Salazar wrong for Ag Dept.

We must admit we’re torn by the news that President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly considering 3rd District Congressman John Salazar for secretary of agriculture. If Salazar, the San Luis Valley farmer, were sent to Washington, it ...

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Roadless rejection

There’s no need for Colorado’s Roadless Rule to protect 4.4 million acres of roadless areas in this state, some environmental groups have insisted, because a federal court ruling from San Francisco two years ago granted more ...

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Fractured logic on water exemption

Back in 2005 when, as part of the Energy Policy Act, Congress decided that hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas deposits should be exempt from the provisions of the Safe Water Drinking Act, the legislation won bipartisan support, though far ...

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Filibusters aren’t finished

As mentioned above, thanks to last month’s national elections, Democrats now have a firm grip on both houses of Congress. However, thanks to a runoff election in Georgia Tuesday, they don’t have the filibuster-proof majority they ...

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The next industrial park?

City officials are looking to the desert area north and east of Grand Junction as a potential location for a future commercial and industrial area. That area — between 29 Road and 32 Road and north of Interstate 70 — would seem to ...

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Nuclear goes Green (River)

Along with fabulous melons and fantastic whitewater rafting, Green River, Utah, might one day be famous for something else: a nuclear power plant. It’s way too soon to get breathless in anticipation or anxiety. As The Daily ...

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Congrats, state champs

It’s difficult to believe that just a little more than a decade ago, Glenwood Springs High School’s football program was in such disarray that it didn’t even field a varsity football team one season. Yet, there were the ...

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Don’t blame Obama for market gyrations

No sooner had Barack Obama been elected president than the securities markets, already in a year-long steep downward spiral, shed yet another 20 percent or so of their value. That plunge sent the right-wing chattering class into ...

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Signs of the times

If at first you don’t succeed, sue somebody. Tom Lowrey, president of the Grand View Homeowners Association, seems to have learned that lesson well. You may have seen Lowrey’s name in this newspaper in the weeks leading up to ...

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