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Harnett: Reader thanks Herald for sexual assault columns

Your weekly series of front-page articles provides new information for some and helpful reminders for others, of the resources that…

Cory and the A.G.: Sen. Gardner may be the man to hold Sessions and Trump to their word

File – In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing…

Kristof: Trump’s threat to Democracy

Nicholas Kristof 1. The leader shows only a weak commitment to democratic rules. 2. He or she denies the legitimacy…

Rankin: Teacher to class: “Can you hear me now?”

Joyce Rankin Dan and I, along with a thousand other educators, attended an Excellence in Education conference last month where…

Vandeman: Mountain biking is destructive

It’s dishonest of mountain bikers to say that they don’t have access to trails closed to bikes. They have exactly…

Thiessen: The 10 best things Trump has done in his first year

Marc Thiessen Trump inspires such deep emotions in his critics and supporters that many have struggled to objectively assess his…

James: Strong words and actions

Tom James They could and would no longer conform to tyranny and were willing to risk all for change. “We…

Keep dreaming: The Reverend Martin Luther King’s ideals must live on in our actions

Reverend Martin Luther King’s ideals must live on in our actions

Bauske Frasure: Help is here for students facing homelessness

Rachel Bauske Frasure In the 2015-2016 school year, the last available statistics, 23,014 K-12 students were homeless in Colorado. According…

Buckley: Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire turns 50 this year

Yet it has remained in print for a half-century and created a devoted following. After President Donald Trump and Interior…

Coram: Informing the future with the past

Sen. Don Coram The answer is a good year. In my seven years, I have never had a bad one.…

Spelling, grammar errors abound in paper

But now we regularly see Herald articles that contain spelling errors, duplicate words, subject/verb agreement issues, and other problems our…

Economic Outlook: Low wages, labor shortage and housing costs persist in constraining growth

Colorado’s job growth is twice the nation’s, but it is no longer in the top five among the states; it…

Dreamers fate may rest on the mood of the moment

Gail Collins <br><br>(CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times) Everybody was impressed by how concerned Trump seemed to be about all…

Readers still wonder about influence

Beneath his letter, an editor’s note stated: “The letter writer is incorrect. Twice monthly the Herald’s Editorial Advisory Board participates…

Editorial update

Advisers, readers, writers remain the heart and soul of the opinion pages

Russell: Clean air, open space support my livelihood

Leaked methane gas is one of the most significant contributors to human-caused climate change. Its unregulated release into the environment…

Littwin: Is it wrong to confess that Oprah is not the answer?

Mike Littwin, The Colorado Independent Oprah — who is the Pele of one-name superstars — made a great speech at…

Shirley: Conservatives should oppose shrinking national monuments

Craig Shirley That sense of beauty and utter freedom is purely American, and for me, purely conservative. I first traipsed…

Common sense: May our state legislators continue to embrace what’s missing nationally

our state legislators continue to embrace what’s missing nationally

Sigman is right; time for Gardner to go

We do, however, have very different reasons for reaching that conclusion. I appreciate Gardner’s sudden, uncharacteristic testosterone surge that enabled…

Editorial cartoon

From the Department of Injustice, more prohibition

Timothy Egan <br><br>(Credit: Amanda Koster for The New York Times) We know that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a backward-looking…

Harrop: Seven habits of highly effective resisters

Portrait of Froma Harrop Here are seven suggestions: Stop retweeting him. Trump’s inflammatory tweets are designed to bait you, to…