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Opinion: Parking minimums add to housing crisis, adversely impact environment

Opinion: Parking minimums add to housing crisis, adversely impact environment

A parking sign in downtown Boulder (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline). In May, a potentially transformative statewide land use bill died, hindering Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to resolve Colorado’s severe housing shortage.…

Opinion: The anti-Trump, Jimmy Carter is a builder, not a democracy destroyer

Opinion: The anti-Trump, Jimmy Carter is a builder, not a democracy destroyer

Jimmy Carter, center right, walks next to Gerald Ford in the 1970s. VAIL, Colo. — J.C. is the anti-Trump. No, not that J.C. I’m talking about Jimmy Carter – the…

Opinion: Trump, MAGA threats of violence trickle down to Colorado in U.S. Constitution case

Opinion: Trump, MAGA threats of violence trickle down to Colorado in U.S. Constitution case

A Colorado judge fears for her safety. In the context of history, that’s an extraordinary situation, but as part of the Trumpist erosion of constitutional order, it’s routine. It’s how…

Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay

Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay

Fall is one of the most magical times to visit and live in the Colorado high country, especially as human carbon emissions causing climate change continue to scorch lower-elevation parts…

‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing

‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing

Rod Slifer, 88, ripping down Lost Boy in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl with Mount of the Holy Cross on the horizon on March 19, 2023 (David O. Williams photo). Some…

Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival

Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival

Boebert and friend in action at the Buell Theater in Denver on Sept. 10. Could the elitist liberal enclave of Aspen be where Republican right-wing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tumultuous…

Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place

Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place

I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…

Opinion: Time to hit the brakes on Utah’s Uinta Basin oil trains heading toward Colorado River

Opinion: Time to hit the brakes on Utah’s Uinta Basin oil trains heading toward Colorado River

So much harm would result from the Uinta Basin Railway, but there’s still a chance to block its construction, and it’s not a stretch to say that lives could depend…

Opinion: Fighting for freedom this Fourth of July, and combating censorship and authoritarianism

Opinion: Fighting for freedom this Fourth of July, and combating censorship and authoritarianism

Image courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books.  The books…

Remember when Colorado was the ‘Hate State’?

Remember when Colorado was the ‘Hate State’?

Eagle County voters in 1992 voted against Amendment 2 (Wiki Commons map). As Republican-led legislatures across the country marshal unprecedented attacks against the rights and livelihoods of transgender people, Colorado…