Chuck Plunkett

Editorial Page Editor

Chuck Plunkett

Chuck Plunkett is a former Denver Post editorial page editor. He resigned in 2018. A professional journalist for more than 20 years, he served as The Post's politics editor from July 2011 through July 2016. Plunkett worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, his hometown paper, and for The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review before coming to The Denver Post in 2003.

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Plunkett: How to help The Denver Post

April 14, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

The Denver Post benefited from an extraordinary outpouring of support last week that was as humbling as it was gratifying. There were questions about what could be done to help.

Plunkett: With more cuts coming to The Denver Post, what about the letters to the editor?

April 13, 2018 at 5:07 p.m.

Letters to the editor represent so much of what is laudable about newspapers. Every time we publish one in our pages means something tremendous.

Students at Columbine High School participate in the nationwide school walkout in protest of gun violence on March 14, 2018.

Plunkett: Let抖阴ap stop wearing our guns on our sleeves

March 23, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

In a culture too often defined by our excesses, it抖阴ap time to remember what our gun heritage looked like not that long ago.

Plunkett: The so-called Denver Post 鈥淗andcock鈥� cover-up

March 9, 2018 at 5:44 p.m.

Did The Denver Post kill a story about Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's alleged involvement in a prostitution ring? A first-hand account of the newsroom's work on the story.

Balloons fall after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke and accepted the party nomination on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Plunkett: Donald Trump鈥檚 true believers, part two

February 9, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

The Trump administration's discrimination against the LGBT community is hardly Christian.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Aug. 15 at Trump Tower in Manhattan about his comments on the events in Charlottesville, Va., and white supremacists.

Plunkett: Donald Trump’s true believers

January 19, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

One year into the Trump presidency, why do so many white evangelical Christians still support him? The Centennial Institute's Jeff Hunt's answers might leave you cold.

Plunkett: As the bulk of The Denver Post leaves the city, we鈥檙e so over working for free

January 15, 2018 at 10:07 a.m.

As the bulk of The Denver Post newsroom leaves the city for economic reasons, we're rolling out a new digital subscription model that promises to help keep us on the...

Plunkett: It抖阴ap the gas tax, stupid!

December 19, 2017 at 1:01 p.m.

Our maddeningly stubborn reliance on a tired old gasoline tax is failing and can鈥檛 be fixed. CDOT's Road Usage Charge program offers wonderful alternatives.

An election judge collects ballots from ...

Plunkett: Denver should Raise the Bar

December 11, 2017 at 8:42 a.m.

It's too easy to place a measure on the Denver ballot. It's time to change that, and here are some reasons why.

110210_Election_CFW- Gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo, of ...

Plunkett: Tom Tancredo says he’s no racist, but then there’s what he does

November 17, 2017 at 1:05 p.m.

Tom Tancredo wants the world to know he鈥檚 no racist. But his answers on his VDARE connection and past and current positions complicate his argument.

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