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Waldman and Sennott: The crisis in journalism has become a crisis of democracy

Shortly after starting as a newspaper reporter in the coal-fields region of eastern Kentucky, Will Wright wrote an alarming article…

April 18, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: The nation will pay if Trump fires Mueller

Nicholas Kristof Trump is said to be near a “meltdown” in his fury at what he describes as “an attack…

April 17, 2018

Froma Harrop

Harrop: Facebook clearly won’t fix itself

Portrait of Froma Harrop Zuckerberg in 2010: “Sometimes we move too fast. … We will add privacy controls that are…

April 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Obvious things need to be legislated

The law prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially…

April 17, 2018

Guest Columns

Aichele: Billing and collections require accounting expertise

Allison Aichele The letter-writer called for voters to be able to describe the job candidates were seeking, to vote with…

April 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Please justify Facebook use for comments

I find it interesting that when Obama harvested Facebook data in the 2008 and 2012 elections, he was a genius.…

April 16, 2018

Editorials

Childhood poverty: Invest in kids to improve their well-being and grow healthy communities

That’s just one nutshell of information from the “2018 KIDS COUNT in Colorado!,” an annual publication of the Colorado Children’s…

April 16, 2018

From the State House

McLachlan: Progress on clean water, housing, water storage

Barbara McLachlan The first, HB18-1301, will help ensure our rivers are never again polluted by acid mine drainage. The bill…

April 14, 2018

Guest Columns

Reed: Katzin Music – A legacy of music education

A legacy of music education

April 14, 2018

On the Law

Kofoed: Resolving disputes with collaborative family law

Curtis Kofoed But you don’t have to re-enact Gettysburg to resolve a domestic dispute. A growing number of clients, attorneys…

April 14, 2018

Guest Columns

Reyes: Kit Carson co-op sets the record straight

Luis A. Reyes Jr. As CEO of the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, the only co-op that has successfully ended its…

April 14, 2018

Editorials

LPEA election: Cooperative is a complex business demanding knowledge and experience

With LPEA delivering safe and reliable power at a reasonable cost, the only election issue is whether – and if…

April 14, 2018

Connie Schultz

Schultz: All labor has dignity – MLK and the white working class

Connie Schultz(Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer) I don’t mean to suggest that this was his mission, but it was…

April 13, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Celebrate the Boys & Girls Club’s impact

The Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County serves more than 1,285 youth annually with programs where they advance…

April 13, 2018

Editorials

Wildfire funding: Both fire prevention and response funds are necessary and should not compete

For years, once federal agencies have exhausted their inadequate firefighting budgets, they have had to “borrow” – a euphemism for…

April 13, 2018

Mike Littwin

Littwin: On The Denver Post, vultures and superheroes

Or it was true – until Sunday’s edition of The Denver Post, when the inmates took charge of the asylum,…

April 12, 2018

Ross Douthat

Douthat: Why not Mike Pence?

Ross Douthat<br><br>(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) The subject of their agita, not entirely surprisingly, was the Stormy Daniels affair,…

April 12, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Struzenberg: Go renewable to protect public lands

It’s high time we bag fossil fuels, not only for our climate, but also to ensure the places we love…

April 12, 2018

David Brooks

Brooks: The failures of anti-Trumpism

David Brooks The point of this work is to expose the harm President Donald Trump is doing, weaken his support…

April 11, 2018

Editorials

Fuel efficiency: EPA emissions rollback will hurt rural pocketbooks, fuel economy and clean air

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt<br><br>(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) That is a double loss for Americans who want to use…

April 11, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Choosing animals over people

The only risk: They are so heedless and unafraid of people that they may tumble almost into your lap —…

April 10, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: Children versus grandparents

The struggle will intensify. We all know – or should – that the United States is an aging society (the…

April 10, 2018

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoon

Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

April 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Glad to see the nutty cell tower letters

I wonder if the same person is as worried about the real problem with methane in the Four Corners? I…

April 10, 2018