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Opinion

  • Perlmutter would’ve made a good...

    The people of Colorado would’ve been well served had Ed Perlmutter become our 43rd governor in 2019.
    Perlmutter, who served eight years as a state senator from Jefferson County, and who is now serving his sixth two-year term from the 7th Congressional District, announced last week that he was dropping his bid to become Colorado’s next governor. He leaves a crowded, and likely to get larger, field of both Democrats and Republicans who would like to succeed Governor John Hickenlooper.

  • Important for journalists to tell...

    Journalism, specifically journalists themselves, have taken it on the chin frequently in the past year and rightfully so.
    Bet you didn’t expect me — a journalist for more than 27 years — to say that, did you? But it’s true. We need to be held accountable for our reporting day in and day out. That’s what the public expects and deserves.

  • Mature behavior is needed from all...

    Joe Webb, Chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party

  • Putting people’s health ahead of...

    In Washington, politics trumps people.The Congressional circus surrounding healthcare is about politics not any real desire to improve the delivery and cost of healthcare in America.

  • Our Readers Write

    Get over it, Trump is our president
    Editor:
    Thanks for showing the Courier’s very liberal bias by publishing three extremely liberal letters in the June 28 Courier. By doing this, you incite further riot and more extreme letters. You can be more balanced by publishing some of each per edition.

  • Sorry, grandparents, you’re not...

    Greg Dobbs

  • Time to come up with reasonable...

    What if the debate over health insurance was about what we support instead of what we oppose? What if the discussion included all 535 members of Congress instead of just those who happen to belong to the party in power?
    As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s ill-advised plan to ramrod overhaul of the Affordable Care Act through the Senate without allowing time to fully understand its ramifications failed last week, it is apparent the questions Congress is trying to answer are the wrong ones to ask.

  • Our Readers Write

    Take a trip to the Wild Animal Sanctuary
    Editor:
    To delight children with seeing wild animals, I suggest skipping the circus and taking them to visit the rescued tigers and lions at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg. When they see a big lion lying on his back, paws dangling, sound asleep in the sun, they will understand that his life is immeasurably better than when he was traveling in a cage in a circus.  

  • Journalists, don’t let interviews...

    Greg Dobbs

  • Our Readers Write

    Putting in a good word for President Trump
    Editor:

  • Father’s Day takes on a different...

    Father’s Day has come and gone, but for 41 years it has never been the same.
    You see, since March 13, 1976, Father’s Day has taken on a completely different meaning for yours truly.  That was the day, as a 4-year-old boy, I was told that my father was no longer among the living. Tommy Hicks had passed away.

  • Our Readers Write

    Memories rush back for veteran after honor flight
    Editor:
    As I watched the Memorial Day Concert every year, this one — May 28, 2017  — had more of an emotional effect than ever before. I had more memories of my tours in Korea and Vietnam as a young Marine now that I’m an older retired U.S. Marine.

  • Positive male role models essential...

    John Newkirk

  • Both Comey, Trump are telling the...
  • Our Readers Write

    Sorry about the anti-semitism
    Editor:
    The Church of the Transfiguration wishes to extend its heartfelt condolences to the schoolchildren and their families affected by anti-Semitism in mountain area schools, as reported by the Canyon Courier.
    As Episcopalians and Christians, Judaism is our spiritual heritage. Our Lord was a Jew. We learned in a Seder led by Beth Evergreen’s Rabbi Jamie that we tell many of the same stories and we sing many of the same songs.

  • Transparency of school board seems...

    It’s awfully easy to criticize your political adversaries. It’s much harder to criticize your political allies. And when it comes to policy issues that is eminently reasonable. But when it comes to process and your allies violate the same important public policy principles you’ve lambasted your opponents for employing, there is an obligation to be consistent.

  • Passion of Jeffco parents is...

    I can pinpoint the date like it was yesterday. In actuality, it was May 1. That was the day that e-mails started to sprinkle in to my inbox with comments, letters to the editors and columns. It was the day that Jeffco Public Schools announced Dr. Jason E. Glass as its one and only finalist for its superintendent position.
    That’s when the floodgates opened.

  • Our Readers Write

    Million dollar superintendent
    Editor:

  • College disrespect is a reflection...

    The disrespect shown by some Notre Dame students to their commencement speaker — Vice President Mike Pence — is not an isolated incident. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a non-profit group founded in 1999 that focuses on civil liberties in academia in the United States.

  • The eloquence and inspiration of Dr...

    Greg Dobbs