Danish Plan
Another crank out to save the children from themselves
Dr. Tim Farnum, a Denver anesthesiologist and father of five, has come up with an exciting new way to “save the children” from a...
How to increase Colorado’s (and Arizona’s) water supply
Here are a few factoids to contemplate as we head into 2019:
• In the past dozen years, Colorado’s population has grown by about 1...
A modest proposal for ending the budget impasse
In his weekly radio address this past Saturday, President Obama called on Republicans and Democrats to make “political sacrifices” to break the budget impasse and prevent the collapse of civilization as we know it...
Who killed Proposition 19?
Polls taken in California last year and earlier this year found a majority of the state’s voters favored the legalization of marijuana...
The eagle has landed — with extreme prejudice
Wind turbines have killed at least 67 eagles in the last five years, and probably a lot more, according to a report issued last September by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists...
Nixon comes back as a Democrat
Harvey and I were breaking out the Doritos when there was a knock on the door...
Underground open space
Inconvenient truth alert.
It turns out that the Boulder County property owner with the most oil and gas wells on her land is none other...
Stopping massacres: What won’t work and what will
What can be done to keep whackos like Jared Loughner from trying to assassinate congressmen, senators and presidents...
Hug the children, bill their countries
Editor’s note: In this week’s editorial pages, columnist Paul Danish and BW editor Joel Dyer tackle the same subject: children illegally crossing the U.S./ Mexican border. As you may have guessed, they come at this growing immigration crisis from somewhat differing ...
Predicting the future: The internet and two old poems
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” —Yogi Berra
Back in 1984 or 1985, the late Jerry Pournelle, sci-fi writer, futurist, computer geek...
The coming lithium wars: what we know
We all know that we have only a mere 11 years to save the planet from the global warming apocalypse. We know this because...
A modest proposal to protect members of Congress
I have a modest proposal for increasing the security for U.S. Congressmen without isolating them from their constituents anymore than they already are...