Opinion

Denver right to consider no-smoking zone outside urban hospitals

Nowadays, smokers assuredly feel that they're being legislatively beaten into nicotine-free submission. Whether it's sending bar patrons into the alley for a drag or coming up with new no-butts zones, smoking ordinances usually bring up questions about whether individual rights are being violated - and whether the benefit to the public outweighs the inconvenience to the Marlboro man or woman.

AT ISSUE: Ending reliance on coal doesn't make sense

Excessive consumerism fuels rising gas prices

Gas prices are rising for a number of reasons including the falling value of the dollar, speculation, and the lack of refining capacity here. The primary reason gasoline prices are rising, however, is because Americans aren’t the only ones buying gasoline any longer. The primary reason that’s happening is because Americans can’t stop buying stuff

CARROLL: Ironic ad targets Polis

Jared Polis is being attacked on TV by reactionaries posing as political liberals. His adversaries are so reactionary - so opposed to progress and wedded to old ways - that their ad denounces the 2nd District Democratic congressional candidate for founding and supporting public schools that specialize in serving immigrants and at-risk kids who'd given up on regular school.