Guest Columns
My gun control platform
In the 163 days since January 1st 2016, there have been 176 mass shootings in the United States. For the record, I believe that...
Xcel went fishing and caught a few fish
Xcel went fishing with its “final” offers of two weeks ago. But on Monday night, few on Council took the bait.
Council made the right...
We condemn the pardon of Joe Arpaio
UnidosUS, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, condemns — in the strongest possible terms — President Donald...
The Polis administration plays pretend on fracking
As children, we liked to pretend to be adults, usually our parents, but sometimes great athletes and screen idols.
My dad was a railroader. My...
U.S. imperial plans regarding Venezuela
Giselle Cesin’s recent column (re: ‘An insider’s view of the Venezuelan crisis, March 7) from an opposition perspective enumerated a number of reasons why...
Local Democrats: Let’s work together and think big
There’s no question Democrats could have done much better in our recent national election. Given the mismanagement and corruption in Washington, many of us...
#Traitors4Trump
The fake president in the White House is a traitor, a liar, a braggart and a tool.
Trump is violating the Constitution every chance he...
Vote No on 71 to protect direct democracy
Citizen access to our last vestige of direct democracy — the statewide ballot initiative — is under attack. As organizers of recent ballot initiatives...
Modernizing the canvass process for citizen initiatives
Colorado Amendment 71, Raise the Bar, passed in the November election.
It will now take a 55 percent supermajority to amend the state constitution.
Amendment 71...
Monitoring for invisible dangers
As communities across the country work to cut their emissions and ensure they are safe from environmental accidents, accurate testing of our air quality...
Sessions slams the door on immigrants desperate to escape domestic violence
Recently, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled...
Lessons from Iran
I can no longer sit here silent about what I have been observing happening in our nation the past few years and what I observed...
