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David O. Williams is the editor and co-founder of RealVail.com and has had his awarding-winning work (see About Us) published in more than 75 newspapers and magazines around the world, including 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), the Anchorage Daily Press (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Boulder Daily Camera, the Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming), the Chicago Tribune, Colorado Central Magazine, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), Colorado Newsline, Colorado Politics (formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Colorado Times Recorder, the Cortez Journal, the Craig Daily Press, the Curry Coastal Pilot (Oregon), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Del Norte Triplicate (California), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Gazette, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, Explore Big Sky (Mont.), the Fort Morgan Times (Colorado), the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), the Kingman Daily Miner (Arizona), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the Las Vegas Sun, the Leadville Herald-Democrat, the London Daily Mirror, the Moab Times Independent (Utah), the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), the Montrose Daily Press, The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, the Rio Blanco Herald Times (Colorado), Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), the Salt Lake Tribune, SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Sky-Hi News, the Steamboat Pilot & Today, the Sterling Journal Advocate (Colorado), the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Health Magazine, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail, Westword (Denver), Writers on the Range and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.

With COVID-19 spreading and election looming, it’s worth asking again: ‘What the hell do we have to lose?’

With COVID-19 spreading and election looming, it’s worth asking again: ‘What the hell do we have to lose?’

Then presidential candidate Donald Trump in August of 2016 asked Black voters, “What the hell do you have to lose?” Four years later, they have their answer, and it’s basically…

Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs

Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs

With Wednesday’s move by the Trump administration to weaken one of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws – the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – all eyes will increasingly be on…

SCOTUS rules for Colorado, against ‘faithless elector’ who went rogue in 2016

SCOTUS rules for Colorado, against ‘faithless elector’ who went rogue in 2016

Democrat Hillary Clinton topped Republican Donald Trump by nearly 3 million votes (48.2% to 46.1%) in 2016, but Trump won the presidency by virtue (?) of the Electoral College. That…

Lauren Boebert: Second Amendment warrior or QAnon Karen?

Lauren Boebert: Second Amendment warrior or QAnon Karen?

Since her improbable and nationally noteworthy June 30 primary win over seemingly entrenched five-term Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, the nicknames have been piling up for Republican Rifle resident Lauren…

Facebook launches voter registration campaign over Fourth of July weekend

Facebook launches voter registration campaign over Fourth of July weekend

North American Facebook users on Friday were greeted with the company’s Fourth of July voter-registration drive that’s part of a push to sign up more than 4 million people to…

Mitsch Bush labels opponent ‘a far-right extremist’ as Boebert takes down Tipton

Mitsch Bush labels opponent ‘a far-right extremist’ as Boebert takes down Tipton

Back in 2018, former Eagle and Routt County state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush had come as close as anyone to toppling five-term Congressman Scott Tipton, losing to him by about…

Colorado AG Weiser lauds Gorsuch’s adherence to letter of law in LGBTQ case

Colorado AG Weiser lauds Gorsuch’s adherence to letter of law in LGBTQ case

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Monday night told a Vail Valley Votes Zoom meeting that the Supreme Court decision earlier in the day on LGBTQ rights was “deeply meaningful” and…

Three of four CD3 candidates speak on variety of issues prior to primary election

Three of four CD3 candidates speak on variety of issues prior to primary election

Scott Tipton has never faced a political opponent quite like James Iacino, and if Diane Mitsch Bush has anything to say about it – and she does … quite a…

Polis asked by small business to support Big Tech during COVID-19 crisis

Polis asked by small business  to support Big Tech during COVID-19 crisis

A group of more than 150 small business owners from across Colorado is urging Gov. Jared Polis to support their efforts to keep digital technology tools free or low-cost during…

Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns

Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns

RealVail.com produced the following 3,000-word cover story for Colorado Politics analyzing the challenges facing Colorado ski towns during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is a short excerpt. For the full…