The Soapbox

Peach Street Distillers in Palisade is the perfect example of what makes our country so great, and yet so frustrating.   The company rose to the challenge of the coronavirus crisis and switched its efforts to producing hand sanitizer. But it was a short-lived effort...

We’re not surprised, just disappointed the state Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 4-3 the legislature does not have to serve its session of 120 days consecutively. The court says calendar days does not mean the same thing as consecutive days. A moot point now, but...

The feds haven’t even cut the first coronavirus check and already U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is scribbling out her wish list for more trillions of taxpayer dollars to collect and redistribute. She can’t even wait a hot minute to see how the first $2.2 trillion helps out...

Following guidance from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper wants marijuana dispensaries closed because they are not essential businesses and could increase the risk of contracting COVID-19. “Everyone should know that smoking...

The Denver Post took an ill-fired shot at U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner for voting in favor of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. They likened it to Gardner’s opposition to Obama’s 2009 stimulus spending wasteland — the so-called shovel-ready projects...

If you think issuing drastic stay-at-home orders is more of a Democrat than a Republican thing, you’re right — all but two of all Democrat governors have moved forward with the drastic edicts, yet only a handful of Republicans have dropped the hammer. CNN has a...

There’s no need to panic. The state legislature only reconvened Monday long enough to find a way to adjourn, again, until the threat has passed one of them might catch the COVID-19. Long before Gov. Polis warned Coloradans to distance or die and issued a stay-home...

Rural lawmakers took Gov. Polis to task for failing to communicate his intention to issue a statewide stay-at-home order and questioned the need for such a drastic step when 44 out of 64 counties have fewer than five cases. Members of both parties are focused on...