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Schrader: Let’s go to the moon (and back) to close the achievement gap
America once rallied around the great cost and uncertainty of being able to reach our celestial neighbor. For kids we all love "to the moon and back," isn't closing the...
Schrader: 鈥淲onder Woman鈥� screenings for women only were wrong and likely illegal
It抖阴ap a new level of hypocrisy to raise funds for the ACLU while simultaneously, very likely, violating public accommodations laws. The point is an event open to the public, wasn't...
Schrader: One more question for a legendary Grand Junction High School teacher
Lorena Thompson proved that a hard-working and talented teacher can bridge the appalling achievement gap or put our top scholars among the best in the world.
Schrader: Demise of Colorado Energy Office could slow innovation
The conversation precipitating the office's demise was about everything but the validity of the Colorado Energy Office's programs and better ways to achieve the laudable goals of efficiency and sustainability.
Schrader: A toast to chiles, tampons and switchblades, as the 2017 Colorado legislature wraps up
Long tradition encourages lawmakers to toast themselves on the last day of the Colorado legislative session, so here's a handful of bills worthy of a special salute.
Schrader: Everyone knows Bob Beauprez’s charity was a political committee, except the law
If a court ruling doesn't stand, demanding Bob Beauprez disclose donors, it will appear that everyone knows the charity was really a political committee, except for the law.
Schrader: Big dogs, fraud and errors plague Colorado ballot access
With an increasing number of Colorado political candidates using petitions to get onto the ballot, legislation to require signature verification and allow candidates to fix errors is a good idea.
Schrader: Black hole in campaign finance sucking all the light out of politics
When political candidates run honest campaigns based on fact and policy and character, they do so in part because the bright light of scrutiny is shining on their actions and...
Schrader: Higher education’s unsustainable, inexorable rise
America doesn't need free college tuition for all subsidized by taxpayers. What it needs is smart consumers of higher education who push back on the unsustainable rate increases.
Schrader: A sordid tale of Colorado campaign finance
In a display of questionable ethics, both the Gazette editorial board and blogger wrote negative pieces about campaign finance vigilante Matt Arnold. Neither disclosed their connection to an entity Arnold...