Karen Sheek I am a retired librarian so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favorite places in Cortez is our local library. The libraries of today…
George F. Will WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force “sniffer plane” was collecting air samples off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sept. 3, 1949, when it gathered evidence of radioactivity, confirming…
Tom James Have you ever had any licks to the head? I’m not talking about the ones where you bump your head in a doorway or on the underside of…
Ellen Golombek, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment In 1887, Colorado became one of the first states to pass a law officially creating Labor Day. The holiday was established to…
Portrait of Fareed Zakaria NEW YORK – There is surely no greater sign of the bankruptcy of American foreign policy than its Afghanistan policy. After 15 years of war and…
Robert Samuelson WASHINGTON – Can we get real about “tax reform,” the Republican promise to enact deep tax cuts that will spur economic growth? Probably not, but let’s give it…
Tom James Maybe it’s just me, but it’s been more than 15 years since Sept. 11, 2001. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are dead. Reckon enough is enough? Ike…
Robert Samuelson WASHINGTON — There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property” –…
WASHINGTON – A persisting puzzle about the U.S. economy is how it can seem both strong and weak. On the one hand, it remains a citadel of innovation, producing new…
Joyce Rankin Have you ever asked a question and been given the answer, “It’s complicated?” Me, too. It’s a frequently used phrase around the Colorado Department of Education. Recently, I…
Who protects patients when things go wrong on healthcare’s financial side? What happens when you receive a bill you didn’t expect and can’t afford to pay? What happens when insurers…
By Andrew Gulliford Writers on the Range We’ve all heard the refrain from those who distrust and disparage the federal government: Give the nation’s public lands back to the people.…
By Pam Wilison In preparation for an upcoming Fire Adapted Communities Workshop I was asked to prepare a short presentation on what drives me to do this job. The answer…
Those of us who grew up in small rural communities in the 1950s and ’60s, expected to have longer life spans than our parents. The trends were in our favor.…
I was sitting down to the computer, getting ready to write this article, when some pretty phenomenal news came across my email: Four local gardeners were going to the White…
By Tim Lydon Writers on the Range I shouldn’t be writing this, and you shouldn’t be reading it. Far more pressing issues face our public lands. But a vocal minority…
Abnormal. Somewhat strange. A bit peculiar with an air of absurdity. No, this isn’t how my kids describe their dad or a way to describe the 2016 Chicago Cubs, the…
Early in December, David, a reader who lives in the foothills west of Denver, sent me an email. “It’s scary when you go into any health-care facility and don’t know…
The main objective of the Veterans Service Office is to provide prevention, protection, advocacy and support services to veterans and their families so they can maximize their quality of life,…
Ben Carson said: “The fact that the government owns 2.4 billion acres of land is ridiculous. What do they need with all that land?” “I would advocate returning land to…
