Perspectives
A Super Bowl ad we can do without
Today, there are few corners of our communal life untouched by rancorous political division...
Another water battle to keep an eye on
While citizens of Boulder and Larimer counties battle horizontal fracking and the mess associated with it, countless communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa are trying to stop open-pit mega-mining in order to save their water...
Walmart is still bad for the planet
In May, Walmart was hit with $110 million in environmental fines after pleading guilty to improperly dumping pesticides, fertilizer and other hazardous materials into public sewers and landfills. The Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section said that it was ...
The next NAFTA, but worse
You can win some impressive victories against corporate power on the local level. Boulder voters declared that corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech. Cities across Colorado (and other states) have passed fracking bans and moratoriums...
The Democratic Party’s two faces
"The real struggle within the Democratic Party is where you stand on income inequality and whether the government needs to be a part of fixing that problem. The demographics that the Democratic Party must attract are the people who need responsive government.” —Rep. ...
Obama, like past leaders, a slow starter
Happy first anniversary, Barack Obama. Although happy is probably the wrong word...
The politics — and money — behind our energy blend
Renewable energy could power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs akin to today’s electricity expenses, according to a new study by the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College...
A fracking credibility gap
On Nov. 6, the city charter of Longmont banned fracking from its city limits...
Health care, one more time
On the most important domestic issues of the day, our two political parties don’t merely lay out competing arguments; they inhabit alternative realities...
Domestic violence: A private matter?
Perhaps it’s time to retire the term “domestic violence.” It seems that some folks still believe it’s somehow different than regular, ordinary old violence...
Inspiring ideas missing in Palin’s book
The whole phenomenon of Sarah Palin, I admit, is a mystery to me...
Renewable energy threatens big utilities
Solar power and other renewable energy technologies may destroy U.S. investor-owned utilities...
