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Toon in Friday

Toon in Friday

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

CALDARA: Stalled population growth a sign of Colorado in decline

CALDARA: Stalled population growth a sign of Colorado in decline

‘For the first time in 16 years, rents in metro Denver are actually going down. Not “slowing their increase.” Not…

Toon in Thursday

Toon in Thursday

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

‘Toon into Colorado

Toon in Wednesday

Toon in Wednesday

SENTINEL Colorado EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL: Colorado legislators mistakenly take the state budget jail bait

Under the current system, Colorado’s jails and prisons are not equipped to deliver the rehabilitation the Legislature says it wants.

EDITORIAL: State lawmakers should approve bill allowing ICE victims to sue agents

‘The proposed law is common sense based on fairness and the reality of what the nation is like under the…

EDITORIAL: Real oversight of Aurora police is the only solution to trust, accountability problems

‘Effective policing depends on community cooperation, which requires trust’

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’

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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: Trump administration’s prolific lies make public trust in them impossible

PERRY: Trump administration’s prolific lies make public trust in them impossible

PERRY: Owed to Frank Bell, an indebted tale of Denver’s most beloved oddity

PERRY: Owed to Frank Bell, an indebted tale of Denver’s most beloved oddity

PERRY: Trump 2.0 — Our year of living dangerously was far worse than everyone warned everyone about

PERRY: Trump 2.0 — Our year of living dangerously was far worse than everyone warned everyone about

PERRY: Trump, Vance, and Noem get the ‘No Bull Please Prize’ for blaming victim for ICE shooting

PERRY: Trump, Vance, and Noem get the ‘No Bull Please Prize’ for blaming victim for ICE shooting

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

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Guest Columnists

ARMSTRONG: Taxpayers pay for public education and should get their fair share

ARMSTRONG: Taxpayers pay for public education and should get their fair share

ROSEN: National defense must be the top federal priority

ROSEN: National defense must be the top federal priority

WINKFIELD: Coleman’s own journey fuels commitment to ensuring opportunities

WINKFIELD: Coleman’s own journey fuels commitment to ensuring opportunities

CALDARA: Gov. Jared Polis’ lame duck legislative session is his time to shine

CALDARA: Gov. Jared Polis’ lame duck legislative session is his time to shine

MAYORS COFFMAN, JOHNSTON, MOBOLADE: Legislature must address mental health, crime reform and funding

MAYORS COFFMAN, JOHNSTON, MOBOLADE: Legislature must address mental health, crime reform and funding

OPED: Colorado housing market shift means buyers need to consider more than interest rates

OPED: Colorado housing market shift means buyers need to consider more than interest rates

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National Columnists

PURCELL: The civil rights pioneer history forgot

PURCELL: The civil rights pioneer history forgot

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

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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