Vincent Carroll

DENVER, CO - JULY 1: ,The Denver skyline as seen from Federal Blvd and Colfax Ave looking east towards the city in Denver, Colorado on July 1, 2015. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

Carroll: Gentrification in Denver isn’t the root of all evil

February 25, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Gentrification -- the process by which chronically depressed or blighted neighborhoods are transformed into thriving communities attracting new investment and residents 鈥� has such a bad reputation these days that...

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 25: People in the city council chambers listen as Dr. Robert Davis addresses members of the Denver city council during a weekly city council meeting on February 25, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Davis is the pastor at Denver Park Hill Seventh-day adventist church.

Carroll: CdeBaca’s misguided plan to bring vitriol to City Hall

January 28, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

Most Americans detest the vitriolic rhetoric that infests national politics. But apparently not Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca. She wants to import it to the local level.

In 2004 Will Hoover was convicted of criminal fraud. In this file photo Hoover was escorted by Denver sheriff's officers from a courtroom in the Denver City and County Building in handcuffs after the jury came back with a guilty verdict.

Carroll: Polis’ pardon released a white-collar criminal from a remarkably harsh sentence

January 2, 2020 at 10:48 a.m.

By ordering the former financial adviser paroled on March 1, Polis brought his time served -- more than 15 years 鈥� closer to the norm for felons of his ilk.

From left to right Colorado Attorney ...

Carroll: There is cause for hope amid dire reports of clergy sexual abuse of minors

December 13, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

Anyone who reads or listens to the news must wonder when the Catholic church sex scandals will ever be over. But in one major sense, the crisis already has passed.

Vintage late 1960s spaghetti western actor. Picking revolver from holster.

Carroll: In the Wild West of Colorado’s metropolitan districts, developers can take land by force

December 4, 2019 at 11:59 a.m.

The Colorado Supreme Court is supposed to act as a stout defender of civil liberties. But apparently all bets are off when it comes to private property. In that sphere...

Carroll: Should you be worried about that Rocky Flats soil sample? Let’s put it in perspective.

October 18, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

When news broke this summer that a soil sample near the eastern edge of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge had an unexpectedly high reading for plutonium, it threatened to shatter...

The former Tom's Diner sits on Colfax Avenue before renovation in this February 11, 2019 file photo.

Carroll: Denver should toughen rules to avoid conflicts like Tom’s Diner

September 6, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

A landmark designation made over the owner鈥檚 objections shouldn鈥檛 be a close call.聽 It should inspire near consensus.

A new University of Colorado A-Line commuter rail train arrives at DIA.

Carroll: One root cause of the RTD ridership slide — convenience — isn’t going anywhere

August 3, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

RTD officials are justifiably pleased that their train to the airport continues to expand ridership -- so much so that a recent Denver Post article credited the airport line, along...

Talk of breaking up Big Tech companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple has reached a crescendo, including among candidates for president who want to break up the big companies to stop monopolistic practices. But not all Big Tech is a "utility" in nature, argues Vincent Carroll.

Carroll: Put down your pitchforks and get real about Big Tech鈥檚 trade-offs

June 21, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

The tide of public opinion has turned so sharply against Facebook -- and Big Tech in general 鈥� that critics now casually use words like 鈥渃atastrophe鈥� to describe its influence,...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signs an ...

Carroll: Polis’ three good vetoes are a warning to lawmakers about government restraint

June 9, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis fired a shot across the bow of the Colorado General Assembly in recent days on an issue likely to surface multiple times during his years in office....

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