Danish Plan
How to provide higher learning at a lower price
I have a modest proposal for making the college experience more affordable, accessible, excellent and just plain better...
Democracy dies in darkness — among other places
Early last year the Washington Post, after vetting about 500 candidate slogans, adopted as its motto the phrase “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
An interesting choice,...
China building world’s tallest skyscraper — in record time
According to the ConstructionWeekOnline website, Broad Sustainable Building, a Chinese company, has broken ground for a new high-rise it is building in Changsha, China...
Is the age of oil about to end? This oilman thinks...
There’s a new “Peak Oil” prediction out, and this one is worth taking seriously if for no other reason than its source.
Peak Oil, you...
The gathering storm
The ballots go out on October 12. That’s when the shitstorm begins...
Oil wells vs. subdivisions
At a recent debate on fracking, Peter Champe of the Longmont anti-fracking group Our Future, Our Health, Our Longmont, summed up his group’s brief. Fracking is a major industrial activity, he said, and major industrial activities aren’t allowed in residential ...
Boulder’s lifestyle depends on the use of fracking
A couple of weeks ago the price of natural gas dropped below $2 per thousand cubic feet, the lowest it has been in more than a decade before rebounding somewhat. For that, the 99 percent — the 99 percent of Boulder residents who heat their homes with natural gas, ...
Another year, another record and COP25
Another year, another record.
That’s the headline on a press release issued last week by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reporting that carbon dioxide levels...
Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president?
Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president...
UFOs: Undocumented aliens or black projects?
The best news stories are mysteries, and the queen of journo mysteries is the UFO story. It’s been around since World War II, when...
