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Flow of snow, dark-money campaign cash both set to end on Tuesday, Nov. 6
Good news this Monday, Nov. 5, as powder is likely falling on your local ski area of choice, and the endless onslaught of election ads – mostly paid for by…
Trump should send border troops to guard churches, schools against angry, white terrorists
I am the enemy. As an angry, aging, white, protestant male in America – who may or may not be heavily armed — I am more of a danger to…
How close is too close? Drilling setback debate shaping governor’s race
The seemingly endless barrage of television ads opposing Proposition 112 would seem to be wasted on Eagle County voters, who for the most part don’t have to worry about oil…
Time to go all big-stick Teddy on the tech industry?
I was 14 when the Buggles 1979 hit “Video killed the Radio Star” came out. Stupidly, I went into newspapers anyway – first delivering them, then writing for them —…
Hannah, Young: A match made in protest heaven
I met and interviewed actress and activist Daryl Hannah a bit by accident in Montrose, Colo., in 2009 when she was attending a county commissioner hearing for proposed uranium mill…
Canada responds to story on Vail Valley impacts of trade wars as SIA jumps into fray
Here are couple of follow-ups to a RealVail.com article on the local impacts of President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade wars that was first published in the Vail Daily on Aug.…
Wage theft on the rise in Eagle County as anti-immigrant politics heat up
Wage theft is a growing problem in Eagle County. Some bad actors in the local business sector who, despite a booming economy and a very low rate of unemployment (i.e.,…
Gun debate shaping Colorado attorney general’s race between Brauchler, Weiser
A story I wrote for Wednesday’s Vail Daily on the open Colorado attorney general’s race in the Nov. 6 general election drew some statewide notice, with the left-leaning website Colorado…
The burning issue of clearing trees to create defensible spaces around towns to battle wildfires
I asked Democratic Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Tuesday about a tweet from President Donald Trump earlier this week blaming the magnitude of the ongoing California wildfires on that state’s…