The weekly newsletter of The Denver Post’s opinion pages.
This is The Denver Post’s Sound Off newsletter. Every Monday, we deliver to your inbox a roundup of what we’ve been publishing on the opinion pages over the past week, including both print and . That includes Denver Post , op-ed by Post columnists like Chuck Plunkett and Megan Schrader as well as nationally syndicated columnists like George F. Will and Catherine Rampell, plus guest commentaries, and editorial .
Perspective
First, a summary of what was in our Sunday Perspective section this week:
Of horses and coal: Raymond Malewitz explained what the end of horsepower — the energy source that propelled 19th century travel — about the future of coal.
The Colorado Divide: Denver Post columnist Greg Dobbs responded to The Post’s series, writing that the first step toward is exposing the sentiments of each side to the other.
Better slogan, better party? Roll Call columnist Jonathan Allen wondered why the Democrats are wasting time — one that sounds a lot like the Papa John’s slogan — instead of coming up with a winning plan for the U.S.
Missing mice: Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett wrote that the proxy battle over the Preble’s jumping mouse continues, but the mice themselves have .
Taylor Swift’s righteous fight: Pop singer Taylor Swift is in fighting a lawsuit filed by a radio talk show host who sued her because he lost his job after Swift accused him of groping before a June 2, 2013, performance at the Pepsi Center.
Letters to the editor: On the letters page, Denver Post readers tackled several issues. Here are several of their letters:
Three brave Republicans: Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin wrote that, in the death of GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare, Sens. John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins .
Rethinking our divisions: Patty Limerick, Colorado’s state historian and a monthly columnist for The Denver Post, wrote: Yes, we are living in a divided nation. But take heart: providence keeps offering opportunities to .
The case for slaughtering wild horses: Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer wrote: I love horses. I want whatap best for them. Thatap why I support congressional efforts to .
Trump and the Princess Bride: Using “The Princess Bride” as a metaphor, constitutional scholar Mario Nicolais wrote that Dread President Trump .
In praise of Allison Eid: Attorney Katherine C. Yarger, who clerked for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, wrote that by the confirmation of this fair-minded Coloradan and amazing working mom and mentor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Public pot consumption: Bloomberg View columnist Virginia Postrel pleaded with marijuana smokers to . She wrote: If marijuana fans want to keep their drug of choice legal, and extend that legality to new locales, they need to adopt more considerate consumption methods.
A diminishing president: Washington Post columnist George F. Will made the case that having a is a good thing.
Republican distrust of colleges: Fredrik deBoer, a writer and academic at Brooklyn College in the City University of New York, argued that Republicans’ disdain of America’s colleges — for higher education and for the nation.
Drawn to the News: For those of you who can’t get enough editorial , here are the two we featured on the back page of Sunday’s Perspective section, on the topic of White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s exit:
The past week
Here are highlights from last week’s opinion coverage:
Denver Post editorials:
Bipartisanship in Congress: With only two senators voting against a measure that will impose sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran, the legislative branch of government , acting to tamp down untoward political meddling in U.S. elections and intercontinental ballistic missile proliferation.
Trump’s hateful transgender ban: President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender troops is in many ways, beginning with his so-called reasoning.
Gardner’s health care fail: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., voted in favor of two bad bills to repeal Obamacare. We hoped he would .
Dodging ICE in Denver: A proposal by two Denver City Council members to avoid cooperation with federal immigration officials and would put the public at risk.
More time on DIA contract: While we still support Denver International Airport CEO Kim Day’s vision for 22-year-old terminal, we think of Sept. 1 would be wise.
Op-ed columns:
A less divided Colorado: Denver Post editorial writer and weekly columnist Megan Schrader weighed in on The Post’s series, suggesting that Colorado could live a life .
Why health care reform failed: Bloomberg View columnist Jonathan Bernstein argued that the core problem with Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare was (except its opponents).
An attack on all of LGBT: Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow wrote that President Trump’s military transgender ban is on the whole LGBT community.
Trump’s ban is wrong: Sheri Swokowski, a retired U.S. Army colonel, wrote: I served 34 years in the Army. I’m transgender. .
The Scaramucci sidestep: No one sidesteps a question like White House communications director , wrote Washington Post media writer Erik Wemple.
“Collusion” is crumbling: Ed Rogers of The Washington Post wrote: Jared Kushner’s testimony before Congress has made Democrats and many in the media come to the realization that the Trump-Russia collusion they were counting on .
Liberal violence (and amnesia): Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University, and conservatives are violent, writing that you don’t have to be an American historian to know how little it holds up to the facts.
A new theory about Amelia Earhart: Garrison Keillor wrote: Amelia Earhart was rescued by Howard Hughes and lived with him secretly at the Royal Flush in Las Vegas, had a child, and gave him up for adoption by my parents John and Grace Keillor in Anoka, Minnesota.
Asking Republicans to not be Republicans: Bloomberg View columnist Ramesh Ponnuru wrote: President Trump’s critics view Republican congressmen as his enablers because they vote with him 95 percent of the time — but ?
A climate-wrecking methane bomb: Jake Black, a professional snowboarder, and Chris Davenport, a professional skier, argued that the West Elk Mine, already Colorado’s largest single emitter of methane, without a requirement it capture the powerful greenhouse gas.
Letters to the editor:
Notable and quotable
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow … Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming … victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
President Donald Trump, via Twitter
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