Opinion

In recent years, standardized educational testing has loomed large and often monstrous in the American psyche. Few people argue that there’s no valid need for objective assessments of student...

To be fair to the Bureau of Land Management, its long-range planning process for the land it oversees in Southwest Colorado has been fraught with challenges. When the effort began in 2004, the...

First impressions are important. That’s why people dress carefully for first dates and job interviews: A positive initial reaction sets the tone for all that follows and creates an advantage. The...

While some Coloradans urge the state to follow the lead of other states and designate the third drunken-driving conviction a felony rather than a misdemeanor as is currently, others are considering...

There may be no greater icon of the American West than wild horses. Thundering hooves on the wide-open ranges that give way to looming mountains evoke a nostalgia for the country’s earlier years...

President Barack Obama has been facing a barrage of complaints for referring to the zealots of the so-called Islamic State and other terrorist groups as “extremists who distort Islam,” rather than...

Three of the world’s five oldest people live in the United States. Gertrude Weaver, of Arkansas, is 116, and Jeralean Talley, of Michigan, and Susanna Mushatt Jones, of New York, both are 115. All...

State Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose, is doing the right thing in co-sponsoring a bill to fund long-acting contraceptives. It is a measure that should be supported across the board – and across the...

When Gov. John Hickenlooper’s oil and gas task force began its deliberations in September, the group had a tall order to fill: develop policy recommendations that address the interplay between...

Ronald Reagan may not have known he was setting precedent when he first declared in 1983 that “the state of our union is strong,” but that has been the adjective of choice for each of his...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to winning for African-Americans the civil rights that had been denied them from the time this country was formed. Monday’s holiday is to recognize his...