Diane Carman

Mount Evans, as seen from Aurora, is named for John Evans, the first territorial governor of Colorado. In 2014, a nine-member committee at Northwestern University investigated Evans鈥� role in the Sand Creek Massacre and determined that he 鈥渉elped create a situation that made the Sand Creek Massacre possible.鈥�

Carman: Colorado should remove its monuments to genocide

August 23, 2017 at 2:07 p.m.

The spectacle of crews in New Orleans removing the statues of Confederate heroes might seem long overdue to your average Coloradan. But here in Colorado, we have our own shameful...

Because of its high life expectancy, the Greek Island of Ikaria has been called "the island where people forget to die." In the U.S., the counties with the highest life expectancy are in central Colorado, which coincides with higher incomes.

Carman: The secret to a long life? It抖阴ap all Greek to me

August 23, 2017 at 2:07 p.m.

In Greece, the secret to a long, healthy life appears simple: wine, olive oil and afternoon naps. In the U.S., it抖阴ap money. The three counties with the longest life expectancies...

Nicole Garneau is curator of human health at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the principal investigator at the museum's Genetics of Taste Lab.

Carman: Everybody loses in the war on science

August 23, 2017 at 2:08 p.m.

If you鈥檝e ever taken an antibiotic, signed on to the internet, listened to a weather report or wondered what the big deal was about small pox way back when, thank...

Carman: Even in death, my Aunt Margaret was a role model

August 23, 2017 at 2:08 p.m.

When my aunt was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her stomach a few months ago, she listened carefully to the doctors and then rejected medical intervention in favor of...

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump step off Air Force One with their children at Andrews Air Force Base on March 5. The couple, along with Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and their families spent their spring vacation in Aspen this month.

Carman: Trump鈥檚 climate policy puts spring skiing on endangered list

August 23, 2017 at 2:08 p.m.

The weather wasn鈥檛 perfect this week for the Trump family鈥檚 spring break in Aspen. With mud-season temperatures arriving early, Ivanka and the kids likely faced some less-than-ideal ski conditions.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo.

Carman: Coffman and Gardner poised for greatness — or not

August 23, 2017 at 2:08 p.m.

2017 is shaping up to present an extraordinary opportunity for some bona fide statesmen to distinguish themselves from the snarling pack of venal, timid political hacks in Washington, D.C.

Second-grade teacher Kate Tynan-Ridgeway works with a student at the Brown International Academy in Denver.

Carman: Teachers, students pay a heavy price for measly TABOR refunds

February 24, 2017 at 5:33 p.m.

25 years after TABOR passed, the impacts of starving highway maintenance funds, programs for the disabled, higher education systems, mental health care and rural economic development programs are plain to...

A woman holds a sign opposing President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday.

Carman: What抖阴ap so funny 鈥檅out peace, love and understanding?

February 14, 2017 at 2:07 p.m.

When President Donald Trump's executive order suspending refugee travel from seven countries was issued, Nabiha Hussain was visiting relatives in Iraq.

Carman: Sex, lies and patriarchy —聽Congress attacks Planned Parenthood again

January 20, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

It抖阴ap been 100 years since Margaret Sanger was arrested for brazenly opening a clinic to provide sex education and birth control in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Carman: When times are too scary, it抖阴ap time to make merry

December 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Name-calling is petty but hardly a crime. To fake-build a fake wall is an applause line. Who cares if the gold-plated faucets are real. Almost no one believes in 鈥淭he...

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