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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 Megan Schrader and Vincent Carroll 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:
Peak wisdom: Steve Lipsher, a Silverthorne-based columnist for The Denver Post, wrote that reaching the summit of Colorado’s tallest peaks — sometimes it’s smarter to turn around and head back.
A flawed plan: Denver Post columnist (and former editorial page editor) Vincent Carroll weighed in on a plan to create public financing for Denver elections. His take: The city’s .
Vouchers not racist: Ross Izard, an education policy analyst at the Independence Institute, responded to a recent report on “The Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers.” His verdict: .
Scaramucci’s lesson: Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman wrote that the lesson of the Anthony Scaramucci episode is that norms can be shifted, altered and changed, but well-established norms can’t be entirely flouted without .
Transitioning from coal: its Sunday editorial, the editorial board wrote: Forcing coal power plants out of commission by starvation than carefully planning a transition and continuing this inexorable march away from coal over time.
Letters to the editor: On the letters page, Denver Post readers tackled several issues. Here are several of their letters:
The good things in life: In his weekly column, Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” wrote: I went to my high school class reunion last week. It’s a privilege to know people over the course of a lifetime and to reconnoiter and hear about .
Southern Gothic politics: George F. Will, the longtime conservative Washington Post columnist, wrote: Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony. Consider the Republican race to replace Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Dodd-Frank’s failings: Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle delved into the intricacies of two-sided economic markets and explained how the 2010 Dodd-Frank law .
Time for the GOP divorce: Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute and a Denver Post columnist, wrote that after the “repeal and replace” debacle there is, yet again, a for the soul of the Republican Party.
Lessons from Chipeta: Ann Marie Swan of Salida explained why — whose namesake was a Ute mediator who married Chief Ouray — is a welcome action in our politically contentious country.
India-China war? DU professor Ved Nanda, who recently returned from 10 days in India, asked: Will there be ? And does the United States care?
Eclipse’s effects: Mark Jaffe, a former Denver Post reporter who writes about energy issues, explained that are in the path of this month’s total eclipse of the sun.
A thinking man’s Trump: Washington Post blogger Ed Rogers wrote that Stephen Miller — who clashed with White House reporters last week over proposed immigration legislation — is arrogant, condescending and full of himself, but and he is proud of it.
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 job turnover:
The past week
Here are highlights from last week’s opinion coverage:
Denver Post editorials:
Confirm Eid to court: Justice Allison Eid has been a refreshing voice on the Colorado Supreme Court, and she would be for Neil Gorsuch on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
GOCO audit is good news: A long-awaited audit of Great Outdoors Colorado is out, and, as it turns out, there was no reason for officials to resist because .
Local issues, local meetings: Colorado agencies, such as the state’s oil and gas commission and Parks and Wildlife, should hold meetings affected by the decisions being made at those meetings.
Support VA Choice: Long waits for Colorado veterans to get into Veterans Affairs medical facilities add weight to arguments for continued support of the .
Sparks of bipartisan hope: Hours before Republican efforts to fix health care unraveled in dramatic fashion, Congress proved to the world that — and that it will not be bullied.
Op-ed columns:
The GOP is dead: , GOP Congressman Ken Buck wrote that Republicans need a vision, someone who has a message and a plan to unify this country.
A communal solution: Denver Post editorial writer and columnist Megan Schrader wrote that could be one solution to the problem of Denver’s housing crisis.
Colorado drivers: Weekly Denver Post columnist Greg Dobbs asked: Are really all that polite, or just in denial?
Sorry, Mr. President: Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell crunched the numbers on President Trump’s plan to reduce legal immigration and found that, based on the plan’s merit-based system, the president likely to get into the country.
Sorry, liberals: Jen Gerson, a Canadian journalist, wrote that , and the global affection for him — including among America’s liberals — presents a puerile and distorted vision of Canada and its political culture.
No more dorms: Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer at the Atlantic, argued that and should be banned at the nation’s elite universities.
John Kelly’s first move: The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin wrote that the firing of Anthony Scaramucci is for chief of staff John Kelly and should serve as a road map to root out dim advisers, poor decision-making and contempt for expertise.
Why so soft on Putin? The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake wrote that President Trump has a ready-made defense for whenever he viciously attacks his opponents: He’s a counterpuncher. But on Russia, the .
Sessions vs. cannabis: Ashley C. Bradford and W. David Bradford of the University of Georgia explained why Attorney General Jeff Sessions is his war against cannabis.
Olympics in L.A.: Bloomberg View columnist Adam Minter explained why Los Angeles should be given for good, not just 2028.
Letters to the editor:
Notable and quotable
“The Republican Party is dead.”
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo.
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