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Toon in Friday

Toon in Friday

From around the globe, top stories in 60 seconds you’ll be talking about today

MALLORY: State testing fails multilingual students in a high-tech world

MALLORY: State testing fails multilingual students in a high-tech world

‘This disconnect between what technology makes possible and what policy allows is stark and troubling’

Toon in Thursday

Toon in Thursday

A look at the world on Thursday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe

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Toon in Wednesday

Toon in Wednesday

SENTINEL Colorado EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL: Trump cannot evade the reality of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

‘After five years and more than a thousand corrupt presidential pardons, the Capitol assault stands as one of the most…

EDITORIAL: Trump’s targeting Children’s Hospital Colorado is about intimidation not healthcare

‘Aurora and Colorado should stand firmly behind this hospital. So should anyone who understands that medicine must be guided by…

EDITORIAL: Colorado, other states have a duty to keep Trump from ruling outside the law

‘These state legislators are reminding the nation that fear is not policy, and authoritarianism is not leadership’

EDITORIAL: Community buy-in is paramount in creating East Colfax transformation

The East Colfax Downtown Development Authority has the potential to help revitalize the area, but success will depend on sustained…

EDITORIAL: Cringe and bear it. Polis right to OK federal school tax credits for state

The choice is simple. Policymakers can embrace an opportunity to bring more federal resources into Colorado classrooms or leave those…

EDITORIAL: Colorado lawmakers find a way to read past scary science fiction

On the council dais and House and Senate wells, however, the loudest voices often drown out the most knowledgeable ones.…

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Letters to the Editor

FUTRELL: The 2025 Aurora election brings back unity, community and hope

‘Aurora didn’t just turn a page; we began a new chapter’

LETTER: Democrats battling for America against Trump in shutdown showdown

The Democrats are RESISTING these UNCONSCIONABLE measures to take money, food and health care from our most vulnerable Americans in…

LETTER: Recall effort against Arapahoe County DA Amy Padden is misguided

There is an ongoing effort to recall Padden, based on misinformation and lack of knowledge as to how the judicial…

LETTER: Trump inflicts a $6 million hit on Aurora students. It came without warning

These funds were promised. Our schools planned around them. Our kids shouldn’t be collateral damage.

LETTERS: Cut federal government? Just bypass it altogether with a state system.

Each state would keep its share of federal monies for distribution.

LETTER: Climate change in Colorado is a personal health threat to many

Climate change is more than an environmental issue; it is a public health crisis that demands immediate and coordinated action.

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Editor Dave Perry

PERRY: Veni, vidi, vertigo — Trump’s incompetence hurls us all into Venezuelan morass

PERRY: Veni, vidi, vertigo — Trump’s incompetence hurls us all into Venezuelan morass

PERRY: It’s clear that Aurora’s lock-em-up crime policy is nothing but pokey hokie

PERRY: It’s clear that Aurora’s lock-em-up crime policy is nothing but pokey hokie

PERRY: Trump torches his tattered credibility with prime-time televised rant

PERRY: Trump torches his tattered credibility with prime-time televised rant

PERRY: Metro Black leaders take a victory lap, offering a high-five to ‘Coach’

PERRY: Metro Black leaders take a victory lap, offering a high-five to ‘Coach’

PERRY: Aurora worries as Trump crosses a line with racist rant about Somali immigrants

PERRY: Aurora worries as Trump crosses a line with racist rant about Somali immigrants

PERRY: Trump strikes out with triple play, boosting my chance to make his naughty list

PERRY: Trump strikes out with triple play, boosting my chance to make his naughty list

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Guest Columnists

OPED: Balancing innovation and ethics: Colorado’s AI framework for education

OPED: Balancing innovation and ethics: Colorado’s AI framework for education

WOODSON: Aurora’s House District 42 demands visible and engaged leadership

WOODSON: Aurora’s House District 42 demands visible and engaged leadership

CALDARA: Counting the threats to democracy right here in Colorado

CALDARA: Counting the threats to democracy right here in Colorado

ROB ANDREWS: Local families deserve transparency about rising prices

ROB ANDREWS: Local families deserve transparency about rising prices

CALDARA: Douglas County victimizes business owners with shoplifting law

CALDARA: Douglas County victimizes business owners with shoplifting law

ROSEN: Ruben Navarette glosses over ‘illegal’ part of immigration

ROSEN: Ruben Navarette glosses over ‘illegal’ part of immigration

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National Columnists

TYREE: Have you preserved 2025 for posterity?

TYREE: Have you preserved 2025 for posterity?

POLMAN: 25th Amendment has been rendered meaningless

POLMAN: 25th Amendment has been rendered meaningless

POLMAN: ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ oinked the nations’ big pig

POLMAN: ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ oinked the nations’ big pig

POLMAN: Why won’t mainstream media outlets call on Trump to quit?

POLMAN: Why won’t mainstream media outlets call on Trump to quit?

PURCELL: Halloween’s 30-year slide, from outrageous to obsolete

PURCELL: Halloween’s 30-year slide, from outrageous to obsolete

FUNT: Judge Trump, not his golf game

FUNT: Judge Trump, not his golf game

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Quidnunc

QUIDNUNC: Grimace at the Gaylord and Elon Musk melons

QUIDNUNC: Grimace at the Gaylord and Elon Musk melons

QUID HAS HEARD that the Gaylord Rockies hotelopolis is searching for a marketing shtick to counter a string of events that really don’t say, “I wish I was at the Gaylord.”

June 1, 2023June 7, 2023

QUIDNUNC: What’s good for the geese, and the APD chief of noodge Nuggets

QUIDNUNC: What’s good for the geese, and the APD chief of noodge Nuggets

May 25, 2023May 31, 2023

QUIDNUNC: Aurora’s run-on spectacle, and Denver mayoral claim to vain

QUIDNUNC: Aurora’s run-on spectacle, and Denver mayoral claim to vain

May 19, 2023June 18, 2025

QUIDNUNC: Quid is back and poking at Aurora’s calamity council and a Mayor Hancock kiss off

QUIDNUNC: Quid is back and poking at Aurora’s calamity council and a Mayor Hancock kiss off

May 10, 2023May 29, 2023

QUIDNUNC: Hanks for the GOP memories of the way things weren’t

QUIDNUNC: Hanks for the GOP memories of the way things weren’t

January 28, 2022December 29, 2022