Reportedly, the English idiom ‘He can’t see the forest for the trees’ has a long history…
Category: Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Universities Do More Harm Than Good
Contemporary American university professors complaining about “ideological force-feeding” is the ultimate in hypocrisy…
OPINION: Students of Color Must Have the Opportunity to Learn Their Histories
In the ’90s, my high school teacher said my people were illiterate. We’ve come a long way, but we cannot become complacent…
EDITORIAL: The BOCC Selects a Coroner, and Releases an Executive Session Recording
“Being the coroner is not just a job. It’s much more than that. I think it’s very important to the families…”
OPINION: The ‘AirBNBust’ Situation
Congrats to AirBNB achieving record profits due a rapid growth in revenue from a record number of available short-term rental (STR) units…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Five
We now live in a so-called ‘post-industrial’ society, but the obsession with averages and percentages has only become more and more damaging…
BIG PIVOTS: What Fenberg’s Energy Bill Does — and Does Not Do
Proposal would trim Xcel’s sails and start pushing back on natural gas expansion, but falls far short of a major overhaul…
OPINION: Give Colorado Cities the Choice to End Overdoses
Colorado stands at a crossroads, and the path we choose next is one of life or death for countless people in our communities…
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Four
Why did San Juan County, NM, report 44,000 COVID cases per 100,000 population, when neighboring La Plata County, CO reported only 29,000…?
HMPRESENTLY: A Weighty, Perhaps Amusing, Statistic?
“Just hearing it on audio and coming from our elected officials’ mouths in a meeting, it made my stomach turn…”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Three
According to Mr. Uzunian’s slide show, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the past two years, and only 0.5% of the world’s data has been analyzed…
OPINION: How Colorado Newsrooms Are (or Aren’t) Using ChatGPT
This week, I asked ChatGPT to flag any inconsistencies with Associated Press style for news writing…
HMPRESENTLY: All of a Sudden… Goodness?
How will I continue welcoming goodness into my life, if I’m not slamming the door on current events?
OPINION: The Special Importance of the 53rd Earth Day
This raises the question: “Can we navigate fast enough the seemingly impossible transformational changes that a viable human future requires?”
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part Two
SpaceX launched Starship, the world’s tallest and most powerful rocket, for the first time yesterday, April 20…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Fall of Byzantium
The vets of that base were the sort who encourage others to join the military. No more!
EDITORIAL: A Love/Hate Relationship With Data, Part One
The afternoon work session was open to the public, and was led by local consultants Natasha Bruss and Ashley Wilson…
HMPRESENTLY: Goddammit!
Your favorite baseball team is four runs behind in the bottom of the ninth inning, and there are two outs…