Author: Greg Fulton
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GUEST COLUMN: Bitter lesson for CU’s exiting football players
Several years from now, we may wistfully be speaking about when college football was an amateur sport rather than a minor league for professional football. We may reminisce when players chose to play for the love of the game and the pride of representing that school while obtaining a full-paid college education rather than weighing…
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Hope springs eternal for our Rockies
It’s spring and the Rockies opening game at Coors Field is next week. Opening day is special. The stadium is filled with fans and there is excitement in the air. Everyone is wearing purple jerseys with names and numbers of current or former Rockies which they hope will conjure up an opening victory. As with…
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GUEST COLUMN: Denverites — are you better off today?
When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1984, he posed a question to the American people, “are you better off today than you were four years ago?” It was an effective campaign theme and Reagan easily defeated the incumbent, Jimmy Carter. For Denver residents they face a similar question today as they consider the various…
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GUEST COLUMN: Time to rethink Denver’s ‘Vision Zero’ plan
Along with the challenges of addressing the city’s homeless issue, auto theft and crime, the lack of affordable housing, and a need to reenergize downtown, the next Denver mayor should focus attention on one more problem — traffic safety, in the city. With a lot of fanfare the City of Denver announced in 2016 its…
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A Veterans Day tribute to Colorado’s ‘Home of Heroes’
They call Pueblo, the Home of Heroes, and for good reason. This city in southern Colorado is tied with Holland, Michigan for having the most Congressional Medal of Honor winners (four) in the country since the turn of the 20th Century. The four recipients of the Medal of Honor from Pueblo include: Pvt. William J.…
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What’s really on voters’ minds? Inflation
When Bill Clinton was running for President in 1992, his chief political strategist was James Carville. He was someone who presented himself as an “old country boy” from Louisiana, but really was one of the sharpest and best political minds in the country. Carville understood politics and had the pulse of the public. He realized…
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Labor Day is deeply rooted in Colorado
Labor Day officially became a national holiday when President Grover Cleveland signed a bill into law on June 28, 1894 that called for the holiday to be celebrated on the first Monday of the month of September. What many may not realize is Colorado’s prominent role in helping to bring about a national Labor Day…
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GUEST COLUMN: Should there be a COVID memorial?
No memorial exists today and maybe there won’t ever be one for the more than 1 million people who died from COVID during the pandemic. The dictionary defines a memorial “as something, especially a structure, established to remind people of an event.” It’s further noted that memorials serve as an ongoing remembrance, not only of…
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GUEST COLUMN: Fentanyl tragedy is cautionary tale for lawmakers
Reading the recent stories on the fentanyl crisis in the state, I’m reminded of a line in an old Neil Young song from the 1970s, which was “I’ve seen the needle and the damage done.” It was about losing a friend to an overdose of heroin and the impact that drug was having on so…
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Denver’s Dikembe Mutombo may be the real ‘GOAT’
Last month was Dikembe Mutombo’s 57th birthday and it allowed me to recall fond memories of his time in Denver. Many young people may not recognize the name as he played basketball for the Denver Nuggets over 20 years ago. It was refreshing to reflect on Mutombo, who has been as big of a man…