Jim Martin

Empty plastic bottles move down a production line to be turned into Dasani bottled water at a Coco-Cola bottling plant on February 10, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. A new Colorado law will require producers of plastic products to pay a fee toward recycling and landfill costs. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Coloradans are not to blame for plastic waste — producers should bear the cost of their trash (抖阴ap)

August 27, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

For decades, packaging and beverage companies have pulled off one of the most cunning blame-shifts in modern American life. They convinced us that the garbage problem is about our bad...

Oregon State linebacker Andrew Chatfield Jr., left, pulls down Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Time for the Power 4 conferences to break with the NCAA (抖阴ap)

August 13, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

The University of Colorado and the other 67 college Power 4 athletic conferences should divorce themselves from the outdated National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders takes the field for the Black and Gold spring game at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

College sports is now the Wild West, a frontier of chaos and opportunity (抖阴ap)

August 3, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

University sports, have long been a field of passion, competition, and intense loyalty. Yet beneath the surface of packed stadiums and thrilling games lies a chaotic, poorly regulated, and rapidly...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves

Boebert’s bill to delist gray wolves not surprising given her “little hats” comment (抖阴ap)

June 27, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Three years ago, Boebert rivaled Disney鈥檚 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella De Vil by appearing in a horrid video calling for the shooting of wolf pups and turning them into 鈥渓ittle...

The injectable drug Ozempic is shown, July 1, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Ban those annoying and dangerous pharmaceutical drug commercials (抖阴ap)

June 21, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

One thing RFK Jr. is getting right? His plan to ban direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceutical drugs.

Rachel Wright and her daughter Rylie press a flag into the ground near the grave of Rachel鈥檚 great grandfather, Carlile Hastings, at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Sunday, May 26th, 2024, in Denver. Hundreds of volunteers laid flags at thousands of graves the day before Memorial Day. (Rebecca Slezak/Special to The Denver Post)

This Memorial Day, commit to not becoming the “Worst Generation” (抖阴ap)

May 26, 2025 at 5:15 a.m.

"With Memorial Day upon us, now is the time to not only thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but also to commit to triumph over these turbulent times to...

The Colorado state Capitol during the General Assembly's 2025 session on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Don’t override Polis’s veto on a bill that slows down the public’s access to records (抖阴ap)

May 1, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

"History offers cautionary tales about the dangers of allowing government agencies to decide who counts as "the press." In authoritarian regimes, the state routinely labels "approved" and "unapproved" journalists." --...

Colorado’s Lior Garzon, left, shoots a jumper as TCU's Madison Conner, center, and Sedona Prince defend during the Big 12 women's basketball tournament quarterfinals on March 7, 2025, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. (Denny Medley/Big 12 Conference)

Yes, March Madness “sucked” and NCAA executives don’t seem to care (抖阴ap)

April 20, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

"The NCAA鈥檚 lack of commitment results in fewer sponsorship opportunities and less media coverage, which affects the financial stability and growth of women鈥檚 programs across the country." -- Jim Martin

By moving away from the term "student-athlete," universities can help shift the narrative to better reflect the realities faced by players. Words such as 鈥渆mployee,鈥� 鈥渟emi-professional" or "university athlete" more accurately capture the dual commitments and pressures faced by these individuals. The evolution of college athletics suggests 鈥渟tudent-athlete" will continue to change, reflecting broader societal changes in how we view education, sports and compensation. It is past time to pull conferences, NCAA and college presidents back into reality and scrap the term "student-athlete." (Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer)

抖阴ap: The term 鈥榮tudent-athlete鈥� is a lie that must die with Colorado House Bill 1041

April 1, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Dennison, a college football player at Fort Lewis College, died from a head injury sustained during a game. His widow applied for workers鈥� compensation benefits. However, in 1957 the Colorado...

In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, chickens stand in their cages at a farm near Stuart, Iowa. Discovery of the bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the bird killer could find its way into chicken barns in the nation's top egg-producing state and rapidly decimate the flocks that provide the U.S. with its breakfast staple. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

抖阴ap: There’s a vaccine for poultry. The reason the U.S. isn’t using it is insane.

February 4, 2025 at 9:48 a.m.

Other countries are using a bird flu vaccine successfully in poultry and that if we vaccinate the poulets (the young birds) today.

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