Danish Plan

A couple of weeks ago, the Weekly printed a letter from Jim Bryant taking me to task for dissing the decision by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to locate its new $500 million supercomputer in Cheyenne, Wyo. — where it can get cheap, coalgenerated...

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...

There are at least two groups that intend to put marijuana legalization initiatives on the Colorado ballot in 2012, but neither has as of yet put forward an actual proposal. Here’s mine...

Whatever else last weekend’s marches for science accomplished, they produced some of the best protest signs in years. (My favorite for sheer comedic creativity...

It’s 11:17 p.m., July, 4 2015. The illegal fireworks are still going off. It’s been a constant cacophony since 5 p.m. as God intended it to be...

”For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’” — John Greenleaf Whittier I t’s been obvious for a...

The START strategic arms reduction treaty that the U.S. Senate recently approved should never have been negotiated, much less ratified...

Let’s begin with a short quiz...

We all know that we have only a mere 11 years to save the planet from the global warming apocalypse. We know this because...

I don’t for a second doubt that any of the 22 candidates currently running for President — 17 Republicans and five Democrats — could run the country if they happened to get elected. This isn’t because they are political geniuses. It’s because the genius of the ...

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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...