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Gov. Dick Lamm: Better Health Care Through Rationing

Former Governor of Colorado

Rationing is the price we must pay for our creative success. It is the ugly child of the marriage of our ingenuity and our egalitarianism.

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I Love Denver, But This Has Got to Change

Wade Norris, 09.24.2009

Colorado Political organizer and co-founder of PRAER.org

What if a city's reputation for pollution was reflected in the sports team's names? Instead of the Denver Broncos would we be the Denver Bronchitis?

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Hispanics are Key to Winning the West -- and National Elections

Wayne Trujillo, 09.21.2009

Editor of Latino Landscape

At present, the anti-immigration faction of the GOP has antagonized Hispanics and alienated independents, presenting a public face of the party with its most prominent features being intolerance and intemperance.

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells, 09.23.2009

Editor, boulderreporter.com

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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Warren Miller Is My Friend

Jamie Starr, 09.24.2009

Lawyer, writer, native Colorado ski bum

In a sport long governed by an unspoken "bro code," it saddens me to see signs that skiing may become another cold and hard industry where even the great Warren Miller is made to look evil in the public eye.

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Civil Discourse Is Alive and Well ... in Colorado

Carol Hedges, 09.23.2009

Senior Policy Analyst, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute

We've come a long way from Tocqueville's engaged America. I am happy to report, however, that thoughtful, respectful and civil discourse still thrives in the great state of Colorado.

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Ford Hosts a Taurus Tweetup in Denver

Ef Rodriguez, 09.23.2009

Social Media Writer, Blogger

Though they may not get the whole fuel efficiency thing, Ford gets social media.

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What's Up in Aspen? The Bears!

Allison Daily, 09.24.2009

Co-author of Out of the Canyon: A True Story of Loss and Love

It is a hard line to draw when we want to preserve and protect our wildlife and yet hold onto our own safety. We moved into land that originally they inhabited.

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Greed Gone Wild: Our Health Insurance Industry Is Sick and Wrong

Tim Saltonstall, 09.23.2009

Freelance journalist

Many from Colorado would rather pay into a system that is non-profit and run by the government than give these greedy executives one more dime.

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Captain Jack Carey: Losing a Legend

Lise Waring, 09.23.2009

Interactive manager for the Telluride Tourism Board

Small town living makes me a part of a diverse community where everyone from real estate broker to rasta is united in the same sentiment, which Jack always embraced, warmth for humanity.

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Aspen's Identity Crisis

Michael Conniff, 09.23.2009

"Con Games with Michael Conniff" on KNFO in Aspen and Vail

The Related Westpac fiasco has left Snowmass with a gaping wound that will take a decade to close. Improvements at Aspen Mountain are likely to take a backseat to backfilling at Snowmass.

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Broncos 2 and 0, With a Long Way to Go

Carlos Cagin, 09.22.2009

Writer from Telluride

This year the Denver D is covering for a very below-average Denver O, quite the reverse from last year. And this Denver O is very bad. When did the NFL become Pee Wee Football?

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Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Colorado Billions -- Let's Close Them

Joel Judd, 09.22.2009

Chairs the Colorado House Finance Committee

We are faced with cutting mental health programs, raising tuition, cutting medical services for the poor. Yet we seem to have plenty of dough for corporate welfare that simply does not work.

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