Danish Plan

The flood of the century? Not exactly

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This story is part of Our Road to Recovery, our coverage of the 2013 Boulder County floods...

Boulder’s sad siblings

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When the scheme to establish a “sister city” relationship between Boulder and the Palestinian city of Nablus came to light 15 months ago, I wrote a column suggesting that wouldn’t be a good idea because Nablus, and the An Najah University located in Nablus, “were ...

The Donald better start feeling the Bern

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Here’s a curious little detail about this year’s presidential race that’s been hiding in plain sight in the polls since January and ignored by...

Greetings and guesses from Tel Aviv

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Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly columnist Paul Danish is in Israel and will be writing several pieces in the coming weeks about his personal observations on the ongoing conflict there...

Nixon on why I like Newt

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Harvey and I were just tucking into a new batch of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door...

Ban fracking? Why stop there?

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I have a modest proposal to resolve the fractious issue of fracking in Colorado. It’s a win-win amendment to the Colorado Constitution that will pass in a landslide...

Have we accidentally prevented another ice age?

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Sometimes you learn the darnedest things if you read a news story all the way to the end...

Now playing in the star chamber: The impeachment of Donald Trump

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According to a story in the Washington Post, House Democrats want the whistleblower, whose complaint is the pretext for their impeachment inquiry, to testify...

Nixon and Beelzebub explain how to form a more perfect union

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The Idea Fairy and I had just polished off an excellent plate of edibles when there was a knock at the door. It was...

Trump and the shutdown: The return of the honey badger

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Don’t be surprised if Trump gets himself a bust of Ulysses Grant to go with the bust of Andrew Jackson he keeps in the...

Nixon explains why Trump won

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The Idea Fairy and I were kicking back after the election when suddenly the door flew open and a shadowy figure emerged through the...

The Oroville Dam: A cautionary tale from 1969

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Curt Gentry was no Nostradamus or Edgar Cayce, but he made a prediction in 1969 that would have done either of them proud —...