Rocky Mountain News Stories: Editorials

Michael Bennet's operating officer could fill his shoes at DPS

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

Gov. Bill Ritter's selection of Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to succeed Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate was, in the eyes of just about everyone, a surprise.

Advice we'd rather not follow

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

If returning to work after the holidays has stressed you out, a British psychologist has some advice: Throw a tantrum.

Lawmakers, governor must focus on budget, jobs

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

Confronting the economic meltdown will require a good deal of humility and resolve from the 67th General Assembly, which convenes Wednesday.

Legislative reality slowing down 'stimulus' package

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

President-elect Barack Obama was a U.S. senator himself so he should not have been surprised by recent developments on Capitol Hill.

Open up the lady's crown

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:43:00 -0000

Since its dedication in 1886, part of the pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty was the long climb up through the center of the statue to the crown high above New York harbor.

Caught in the act

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:43:00 -0000

A state employee - accountant Annmarie Maynard at the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - secretly tapes a meeting in which employees discuss covering up $8 million owed to the federal government. Maynard hands the tape of the April 24 meeting over to 9News and subsequently is fired. She challenges the firing at the State Personnel Board and wins.

Why skies aren't too dim for solar

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:06:00 -0000

It's a lousy time to be in the solar energy business, an article by the Rocky's Gargi Chakrabarty pointed out last week. But then it's a lousy time to be in a lot of businesses - most businesses, come to think of it.

A problem-solver for the U.S. Senate

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:00 -0000

State Senate President Peter Groff put his finger on the nature of Gov. Bill Ritter's surprising - even stunning - selection of Michael Bennet as Colorado's next U.S. senator.

Congress should reject scheduled increase for 2009

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

During these tough economic times, the 111th Congress should make one simple act a priority: Give up the pay raise.

Election don'ts from '08

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

Barack Obama shattered barriers, and not just racial ones, when he won the presidency in 2008. Unfortunately, his victory failed to reverse a couple of unsettling political trends: election campaigns that keep getting longer and fundraising laws that are easily evaded and obscure the identities of donors.

Obama's deft handling of Illinois Senate scuffle

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:05:00 -0000

President-elect Barack Obama wisely defused the racial tensions surrounding disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's calculated move to replace Obama in the U.S. Senate with another African- American, former state Attorney General Roland W. Burris.

What a year

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:05:00 -0000

The year 2008 in the United States will be remembered mainly for two events: the astonishing election of our first black president and the domino-like collapse of Wall Street.

Bank heists: another recession indicator

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:05:00 -0000

A robber walked into a Chicago bank and handed the teller a threatening note - misspelled - demanding cash, and walked off with $400. But he left behind the note, written on his pay stub containing his name and home address where police arrested him.

Wakeup call in Gaza

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:05:00 -0000

'Our security problems are not about to go away with the withdrawal; they will only begin."

Paulson's private party

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:48:00 -0000

Perhaps the most comforting financial news we've seen in recent days are reports that the Bush administration isn't likely to ask Congress for the final "tranche" of funding from the government's $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program.

A noble mission falls victim to Madoff's scam

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:47:00 -0000

It's unfortunate when anyone falls victim to a scam like the one Bernard Madoff reportedly called a "giant Ponzi scheme." But one victim's statement struck us as especially tragic.

The rebound in Mumbai

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:01:00 -0000

It was at the dawn of the holiday season in November, as we dined on turkey with all the trimmings, that a pack of gunmen terrorized a city on the other side of the globe. When the smoke cleared, more than 160 people had died and more than 300 were injured in the coordinated rampage that targeted sites popular with Westerners in Mumbai, India.

Russia's brutal auto bailout

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:05:00 -0000

Russians may love their Toyotas, Beetles or Corvettes as much as the next car enthusiast, but the government would rather see them in Volgas and Ladas. Who knows? Maybe the Putin-Medvedev dynasty envisions a glorious return to the Soviet-era Zaporozhets (for common comrades) or a Zil armored car (for leaders of the revolution).

The limits of 'science'

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:01:00 -0000

'A new respect for science," The New York Times opined. An "unflinching commitment to evidence-based policy making," added Newsweek's Sharon Begley. Who earned these accolades? Harvard University physicist John Holdren, selected by President-elect Barack Obama to head the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He won't lead a Cabinet agency, but Holdren, the former president of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, will have a direct line to Obama regarding

The people of Illinois deserve better than Blago

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:05:00 -0000

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, man of the people, leader of the working man, wronged by a zealous prosecutor and willing to fight to the last breath to clear his good name! At least that's how Blagojevich apparently sees it.