Editorials

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Churchill’s last stand

Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill lost his last legal opportunity to force CU to rehire him Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of a state Supreme Court decision. Churchill was fired by the ...

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Public input warranted on national monument

Wow, Joan Anzelmo really doesn’t like local community input when it comes to Colorado National Monument. She didn’t like it when she was superintendent of the monument. In fact, she developed a reputation for rejecting advice from ...

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Legislative oversight and homeowners associations

A few years ago, the Colorado Legislature began examining how homeowners associations operate and took the first steps toward regulating these private, contractual organizations that set rules for people living in particular ...

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Death penalty due greater discussion

Members of the House Judiciary Committee took appropriate action this week when they killed a bill that would have eliminated Colorado’s death penalty. We’re glad to see that several Democrats joined Republicans on the committee to ...

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A marvelous Mavs season

Most fans of the Colorado Mesa University women’s basketball team were no doubt disappointed the Mavericks came up short in their first game at the Division II Elite Eight tournament in San Antonio Tuesday. But that loss to a tough team ...

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Troubling news on marijuana rules

As the Colorado Legislature and state agencies work to put in place a regulatory framework for managing marijuana retailers under the constitutional amendment approved last November by voters, there’s troubling news on another pot ...

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YouTube yahoos and access for stupidity

On top of all the other things they must manage for, public lands agencies in southeastern Utah are now trying to figure out how to keep reckless people from swinging off the state’s famous arches and plummeting to their deaths on the ...

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Don’t cut industry experts from oil and gas agency

Rep. Ray Scott’s frustration with his Democratic colleagues in the state Legislature regarding bills related to the oil and gas industry is both understandable and justified. Not only are Democrats at the state Capitol trying to boost ...

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Research first is sensible on oil shale

Outgoing Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar released a final plan Friday for encouraging research, development and demonstration of oil shale and tar sands projects on federal lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. It will no doubt trouble many ...

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NFL using its head

Those wimpy owners of NFL football teams are at it again, turning their once-manly sport into a game for sissies. Or so you might believe if you read some of the reaction to last week’s change in the helmet rule. In reality, NFL owners, ...

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