This morning, I’m thinking of some different analogies for “walking in wet cement…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: We Are All Socialists Now
Since his inauguration, President Trump has engaged in a massive pro-socialism agenda…
OPINION: The Colorado River Cannot Wait While We Debate (or Litigate) Its Future
Ultimately, the challenges confronting the Colorado River must be met with solutions on the ground…
OPINION: How Liberalism Lost the World
A society that refuses to name the good cannot defend it…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Five
Gilpin County voters approved a Lodgers Tax increase to 6%, to be used for child care, housing, and public infrastructure…
OPINION: As States Argue Over Who Gets to Drain the Colorado River… Tribes Grant It ‘Personhood’
The future of the Colorado River is immensely contested…
OPINION: Rethinking Nonprofit Culture — Especially During the Holidays
This holiday season, I’m not asking people to give more — I’m asking us all to care better…
LETTER: A Better Use for Lodgers Tax
I have posed these questions before: How much tourism is enough? How much is too much?
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Four
“Then I guess my second question is, if funding were available, and you received it, would this be a yearly ask…?”
OPINION: The Man Who Bought a Forest, to Save It
Johan Eliasch could have followed the well-worn path of industry, extracting resources, converting nature into numbers on a spreadsheet…
OPINION: Fighting for Veterans, to Protect Jobs, Health Care, Freedoms
Today and every day, the labor movement is proud to be home to more than 1 million veterans…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Three
Apparently, there is a “pie” that Mr. Hensle and the Association would like a “piece” of…
OPINION: The Danger to America
One of the great tragedies in American politics is the success of MAGA supporters such as House Speaker Mike Johnson…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part Two
Last year, the County collected about $450,000 in Lodgers Tax revenues, and handed it over the the Tourism Board and VisitPagosaSprings.com…
OPINION: Sudan’s Civil War Ravages the Core of Our Humanity
Half of Sudan’s population now depends on humanitarian aid to survive – over 25 million people relying on food deliveries…
EDITORIAL: The Not-Necessarily-Bottomless Pit of Tourism Funding, Part One
Expectations can be a wonderful thing, so long as you don’t take them too seriously…
OPINION: Tell Congress to End the Shutdown
In the backdrop of this shutdown, 44 million people are shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans and discovering exponentially higher premiums…
OPINION: What It Means to Stay
Staying in a rural place is not passive. It is work — emotional, financial, cultural, communal. Work to find housing. Work to afford groceries and heat…
EDITORIAL: Scrubbing Dirty Dishes in Government Kitchens, Part Two
“I would really like to have some sort of meaning from working towards a goal or cause that betters humanity as a whole…”