Jim Morrissey, Author at The Colorado Sun https://coloradosun.com Telling stories that matter in a dynamic, evolving state. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:14:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-cropped-colorado_full_sun_yellow_with_background-150x150.webp Jim Morrissey, Author at The Colorado Sun https://coloradosun.com 32 32 210193391 Jim Morrissey: Small comfort for Tina Peters https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/16/jim-morrissey-tina-peters-my-pillow/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=399375 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey imagines the conspiracy-minded MyPillow guy doing his best to make convicted former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters comfortable.]]>

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]]> 399375 Jim Morrissey: Feeling a bit run down after Colorado’s 148th birthday? https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/02/jim-morrissey-colorado-over-the-14er-birthday/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=396416 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey notes that Colorado has been through a lot in its nearly a century and a half of statehood. Does that mean we're over the hill — or over the 14er?]]>

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]]> 396416 Jim Morrissey: When the electoral choices hardly suit you to a T https://coloradosun.com/2024/07/19/jim-morrissey-election-2024-meh/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:05:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=394256 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey figures that for many voters in this year's election, the candidates put forth by the two major political parties hardly inspire optimism.]]>

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]]> 394256 Jim Morrissey: Searching anywhere for leadership anywhere in Colorado https://coloradosun.com/2024/07/05/jim-morrissey-monolith-leadership/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=392654 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey identifies the monolith as a desperate — and perhaps otherworldly — source to fill the nation's leadership void.]]>

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]]> 392654 Jim Morrissey: Does Colorado law underestimate the power of AI? https://coloradosun.com/2024/06/21/jim-morrissey-colorado-ai-law/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:05:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=391153 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey notes that Colorado has become the first state to enact an AI law, but lawmakers already are planning changes. Will they be enough?]]>

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]]> 391153 Jim Morrissey: The GOP creature within https://coloradosun.com/2024/06/07/jim-morrissey-gop-creature-within/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:15:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=389457 With a nod to the sci-fi thriller "Alien," cartoonist Jim Morrissey sees disturbing similarities to the leadership struggle among Colorado Republicans.]]>

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]]> 389457 Jim Morrissey: Colorado’s predator reintroduction progression? https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/24/jim-morrissey-predator-reintroduction-colorado/ Fri, 24 May 2024 08:05:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=387536 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey illustrates that first it was wolves. Next up to make a comeback in Colorado could be the ferocious wolverine. Are we ready for what comes after that?]]>

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]]> 387536 Jim Morrissey: Compromise saves the day https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/10/jim-morrissey-bipartisan-compromise-property-tax/ Fri, 10 May 2024 08:05:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=384895 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey illustrates how bipartisanship led to an 11th-hour agreement on a difficult property tax measure.]]>

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]]> 384895 Jim Morrissey: Portrait of Colorado’s fractured sports family https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/26/jim-morrissey-portrait-colorado-sports-family/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=381643 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey illustrates how local fans may try to regard all the hometown sports franchises equally, but in reality one team's just a little harder to love.]]>

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]]> 381643 Jim Morrissey: Journalism’s light against encroaching darkness https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/12/jim-morrissey-sandra-fish-democracy-dies-in-darkness/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://coloradosun.com/?p=379724 Cartoonist Jim Morrissey warns the expulsion of journalist Sandra Fish from the GOP state assembly threatens to stifle the workings of democracy.]]>

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