Matthew Silverstone, at the young age of 18, has sacrificed more for Colorado than most can imagine. The teen first warned his fellow students at Evergreen High School that there was a shooter on campus, then he confronted the shooter on the street outside the high school. Silverstone was shot…
Arizona and California’s chief water negotiators are coming for Colorado in a blistering public pressure campaign aimed at getting upper basin states to capitulate. In an interview with the L.A. Times, the negotiator for California accused the upper basin states of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico of clinging to…
Regardless of the ethics board’s “technical” conclusion this week, Denver residents know that it is unethical for a public employee to spend $19,200 on a ticket to Spain and back to Denver even if it is for an important work-related conference. Denver International Airport’s CEO Phil Washington was wrong to…
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has an incredible opportunity to recommit to serving all of God’s children in the Catholic schools under the umbrella of the Archdiocese of Denver. On Oct. 1, a federal appeals court told two Catholic preschools in the Denver diocese that they could not refuse to enroll…
Preschoolers with LGBTQ parents or who identify as LGBTQ can’t be shut out of religious preschools that are part of Colorado’s state-funded preschool program, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision, which upholds a key part of a lower court decision, represents a major win for the state and…
Denverites should keep one thing in mind at the ballot box this November – Denver Public Schools has some of the very best schools in the state and also some of the very worst schools in the state. Testing data released this month highlighted many bright schools in the district,…
The tragedy at Evergreen High School reminds us that even this country’s most idyllic communities — from our mountain towns to the quaint cities on the plains — must prepare for violence in their schools. School shootings have never been only an inner-city problem, and to believe otherwise is to…
Americans are recoiling from the Democratic Party, and even in blue states like Colorado, Democrats are feeling the burn. With Republicans fielding the best candidate for governor they’ve had in a decade – Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer – liberal politicians would be wise to address the root causes of this dissatisfaction…
The Broncos are poised to stay in the heart of Denver, and that is an announcement that all of Colorado can celebrate, even if they’ve never cheered for the orange and blue. Greg Penner, CEO of the Broncos, announced Tuesday morning that the football team’s ownership group plans to spend…
College amateur hour is dead. Long live the revenue-sharing arms race. Starting this fiscal year, colleges and universities are now able to directly pay their student athletes thanks to the so-called House settlement. The multibillion-dollar settlement ended three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA that claimed the organization was limiting the…