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Opinion

Featured

• Walking a fine line

  Obama could cramp style with empty eloquence tonight

• Federico's 'facts'

  Vincent Carroll is one Denverite who shook head at talking points

• Long Time Passing

  Rocky cartoonist Ed Stein inks the eleventh installment in his series

• What's the right note?

  Local legislators sound off before Obama's big speech tonight

• Ain't that America

  Peter Brown argues that Obama needs to find blue-collar voice

• Conventional chuckles

  ComedyWorks presents Stephanie McHugh with her take on the DNC

• Changing primary colors

  Peter Blake describes how the next election may not look the same

• A class act

  Michael Hancock says Hillary's grace is a boon for the Dems

• 'Toon time

  Don't miss Drew Litton's and Rich Moyer's convention animations

Editorials »

Unvaccinated kids fuel threat of epidemic

The development of increasingly effective vaccines is one of medicine's great triumphs. Thanks to large-scale vaccination programs, the World Health Organization has wiped out smallpox and is close to doing the same to polio.

More Editorials

• Denver should target dangerous animals, not an entire breed
• Denver teacher contract pumps money into the right places
• Truthers, over and out

Letters to the Editor »

Rep. Salazar lauded for drilling stance

I applaud U.S. Rep. John Salazar's endorsement of environmentally responsible offshore oil exploration as part of the solution to our energy problems. Now he just needs to get House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to see the light.

More Letters to the Editor

• Trivial matters clogging our courts
• Clean up 'dirty game'
• Slow down, save gas

Speakout »

DOBBS: The flying's better in Beirut

Greg Dobbs

More Speakouts

• HANCOCK: Police presence essential for safe, peaceful convention
• LIMERICK: Fuzz-y feelings
• BRACKMAN: People of Golden exhibit moral clarity

Opinion Columns & Blogs »

ROSEN: Moderates schmoderates

The Democrats' convention in Denver is over, concluding with a rhetorical flourish by Barack Obama, the Pied Piper of Platitudes. And all will be sunshine, lollypops and rainbows in the land. Ideology and partisanship are out. Good government and moderation are in.

More Opinion Columns & Blogs

• CAMPOS: Dogmatic atheism
• WILL: Obama's fiscal fairy tale
• CARROLL: Questions for Barack Obama

Columnists

Vincent Carroll

CARROLL: Pena gets a little carried away

Paul Campos

CAMPOS: Dogmatic atheism

Mike Littwin

LITTWIN: Race mostly stays out of the race

Mike Rosen

ROSEN: Moderates schmoderates

Dave Kopel

KOPEL: Was MLK a Republican or not?

Jason Salzman

SALZMAN: Relentless coverage needs fact-checkers

Tina Griego

GRIEGO: History is made, and tears are shed

Bill Johnson

JOHNSON: 'I don't care if he's pink or ...

Stein's View

Ed Stein, the editorial cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, draws Stein's View.

Bridget Johnson

The Rocky’s newest editorial voice pens a no-holds-barred blog on the good, the bad, and the political.

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