Ian Silverii

Students protest against a Jefferson County School Board proposal to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history in Littleton on Thursday.

Silverii: The Critical Race Theory fight already played out in JeffCo … it ended in recalls

August 11, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

In 2015, an enormous number of Jefferson County School students and parents relentlessly protested and then recalled,聽by an unprecedented two-to-one margin, the conservative school board majority over their whitewashing of...

Silverii: The fantasy surrounding the “MAGA universe” needs to end

November 29, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

I thought, perhaps, like a villain from a comic book or fantasy novel, that once Trump was soundly defeated he鈥檇 slink away, powerless and broken.

Silverii: Supreme Court, abortion loom large in November election

July 24, 2020 at 5:58 a.m.

If you value bodily autonomy, freedom, and trust people to make their own medical decisions, we need a counterweight to Kavanaugh, which means both Donald Trump and Cory Gardner must...

Silverii: Now would be a good time for Sen. Gardner to use his clout, show Colorado he cares

May 1, 2020 at 11:38 a.m.

We know that Cory Gardner could use his political connections in Washington to ensure our state and local governments don鈥檛 have to cut through the bone again during the oncoming...

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner speaks at the Military Speakers Luncheon in Colorado Springs on Wednesday.

Silverii: Sen. Cory Gardner has abandoned Colorado farmers to suffer Trump’s trade war

June 12, 2019 at 1:14 p.m.

Sen. Cory Gardner likes to pose in the fields in Yuma County, or maybe near his father鈥檚 farm equipment company, wearing his immaculate Carhartt jacket to conduct national television interviews....

A yard sign advocating that northern Colorado secede from the state is seen along Main Street in Akron on Election Day, November 05, 2013.

Silverii: Proposing secession as a solution to losing elections isn’t governing

March 22, 2019 at 3:13 p.m.

Public records show that Cory Gardner cast a ballot every single year since 2000, for every even year and odd year election, and every primary, too.聽 That抖阴ap great!聽 I hope...

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., secured a ...A

Silverii: Holding Gardner up as a model proves Colo. GOP has learned nothing

November 24, 2018 at 9:07 a.m.

The recent guest commentary from former state Republican Party spokesman and my friend Owen Loftus recognized the plain fact that voters in Colorado sent a message of wholesale rejection of...

The practice of burning off methane into the atmosphere is called flaring.

Silverii: Ryan Zinke’s wrong turn on methane flaring

April 20, 2018 at 12:27 p.m.

Here in Colorado, we value our public lands, open spaces, recreational opportunities, and the conservation of our natural resources. So why then are energy companies setting fire to our precious...

Colorado Rep. Paul Rosenthal works on his tablet during a meeting in the House chambers at the state Capitol in 2014.

Silverii: @StateSenator, please vote yes! #copolitics #coleg

March 27, 2017 at 5:10 p.m.

Say what you want about the pitfalls of social media proliferation but voters, constituents and taxpayers have a real voice under the gold dome if they know how to use...

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