Author: The Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: Making Colorado a quantum hub
An update in The Gazette this week on a pioneering Colorado quantum-tech company spoke volumes about the bright prospects of our state in general for becoming a global center of the epochal technology. The word “quantum” — overused and at times misused — has been around a long time. It conveyed an otherworldly degree of…
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EDITORIAL: Jena Griswold’s bad review goes missing
For years, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has drawn scrutiny for the bungled management of her office. It has included dizzying turnover among her top deputies. In late 2020, Griswold was already on her second deputy secretary, third chief legal counsel and fourth chief of staff. By February 2021, she’d be on the hunt…
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EDITORIAL: The word is out on Colorado, and it’s not good
Colorado’s Democratic establishment can be expected to wave off a Fox News Digital mini-documentary this past weekend thumb-nailing Colorado’s lurch to the hard left. Consider the source, they’ll scoff, dismissing it as alarmist rhetoric by the usual suspects. But it’s that establishment that’s in denial — and is whistling past the graveyard. The word is…
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EDITORIAL: Mining’s much-needed comeback begins at Mines
A hard-hat tip to President Donald Trump for his recent announcement that Colorado School of Mines in Golden will receive a share of $100 million to train the next generation of American miners. “The schools came to us seeking $10 million per year in funding,” Trump said at a roundtable discussion the other day in…
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EDITORIAL: Letting litterbug smokers off the hook
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, epic lawsuits against tobacco companies sought compensation for the damage smoking had done to people’s health. Those legal battles are largely over. Now, in a dubious quest to leave no stone unturned, Colorado’s largest city has opened a new front against “Big Tobacco.” It’s one that should leave…
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EDITORIAL: Weiser blunts a records request
The odds heavily favor Phil Weiser to become our next governor on Nov. 3. At present, of course, he is the state’s attorney general. One thing both offices have in common is they require a commitment to transparent and accountable government. That includes keeping meetings and records open and accessible to the press and public. …
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EDITORIAL: A telling sign of state government waste
When it comes to government misspending, it often isn’t the big line items that stand out but the drip-drip-drip of the waste — and the cultural rot it leaves behind. The latest example, as reported by The Gazette, is a state audit finding that taxpayers spent almost $175,000 last year on cellphones that were issued…
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EDITORIAL: A refreshing approach to data centers
While some Colorado communities have been blithely slapping moratoriums on new data centers, Douglas County is going in a distinctly different — and refreshingly realistic — direction. As reported in The Gazette on Tuesday, Douglas County commissioners are poised to approve a $19.3 million tax rebate agreement Tuesday for a new data center under construction…
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EDITORIAL: Kids don’t need another way to get high
First, it was Colorado’s majority-Democrat legislature that weighed whether to open the floodgates to dangerous, intoxicating hemp-based products. It would have compounded the damage inflicted on our kids by legalized pot. Fortunately, the lawmakers behind that reckless attempt couldn’t muster enough votes as the 2026 legislative session wound down last spring. Now, a move is…
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EDITORIAL: Aerospace reaps more rewards for Colorado
Colorado continues to carry the torch as a dynamo for the nation’s aerospace industry — at a transcendent time for space exploration and space-based defense. As The Gazette reported last week, Denver-based Voyager Technologies generated a record $52.7 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2026, up a staggering 51% from the first quarter.…