Opinions
Opinions
The GOP’s Culture Wars Would Be Laughable If They Weren’t Deadly
Republicans are resorting to their age-old tactic of manufactured moral outrage to distract from the fact that they have no economic agenda other than to enrich the already wealthy.
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The State of Our Union Is in Need of Professional Diagnosis
On Tuesday, I had the distinct honor of accompanying my wife, who also happens to be my new congresswoman, to President Biden’s State of the Union address. Congressman Jason Crow, an Army Ranger, brought Richard Fierro, himself an Army veteran and Colorado Springs beer magnate who heroically stopped the anti-LGBTQ hate-fueled shooting spree at Club Q last November. Rep. Joe Neguse brought Ellen Mahoney, who lost her husband Kevin in yet another numbingly routine mass shooting in Colorado in 2021. Even Rep. Lauren Boebert had the good sense to bring luminous Colorado Mesa University President John Marshall as her guest for the evening. I, whom the Colorado Sun described as a “political consultant,” felt pretty underqualified to be sitting alongside these Colorado heroes.
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Don’t Let Politicians Cut Housing Aid
We all need physical safety before we can do anything else. Without a roof over our heads, that sense of security is impossible. And with two small children in tow, things get scary.
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Letter to the Editor: Pregnancy Resource Centers Offer Free Help and Hope
Editor’s Note: This letter to the editor is a response to the Colorado Times Recorder story titled “Legislation Proposed To Target ‘Deceptive Practices’ of Anti-Abortion Centers” published on Jan. 19 which can be read by clicking here. The story included testimony from Colorado abortion rights activists about anti-abortion centers in the state. In Colorado, anti-abortion centers — which have a big presence on college campuses — outnumber active abortion clinics 51 to 20.
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The Clearest Case for Taxing Billionaires Yet
Sometimes the daily news about our billionaires just doesn’t make sense.
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Colorado Republicans in Crisis: ‘We Were Told We Should Be Put in Front of a Firing Squad and Shot’
We learned this week that a group of El Paso County Republicans have made extraordinary allegations against their own county party chairwoman, Vickie Tonkins. The most disturbing charges involve physical intimidation.