Danish Plan
Trump puts a horse head in the Ayatollah’s bed
It’s easy to over-think Trump’s motives in greasing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. What he really did was plant a horse head in Ayatollah Khamenei’s...
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...
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...
Fighting climate change like World War II
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a lot of snickers a couple weeks ago when she said Millennials and Gen Z “thought the world is gonna end...
A modest proposal for settling accounts with America’s latter-day Red Guards
It was one of those war stories that if it wasn’t true, it should have been.
I first heard it in the 1960s during a...
Gigafactory 3: Tesla’s miracle in Shanghai
OK, it’s been a lousy year — that much we can probably all agree on — so it would be cool if an old-fashioned,...
Tales from Rocky Flats, and why it should stay off-limits
It’s not often that I find myself endorsing anything that the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center has its fingerprints on, but I agree...
Dirty money and the coronavirus
Money makes the world go ’round — and the coronavirus goes around with it.
Can the virus be spread by dirty money? According to CBS...
San Francisco’s suit against ExxonMobil goes up in smoke
Well that didn’t take long.
On April 17, Boulder sued ExxonMobil and Suncor for damages stemming from global warming caused by the carbon dioxide released...
Obama should talk to Douglas Bruce
Since President Barack Obama seems clueless on how to go about getting government spending and debt under control, he ought to consult someone who’s done it. No, not Bill Clinton or Newt Gingrich or Tim Pawlenty or Mitch Daniels...
Scotland’s burning! Greenland’s melting!
The song goes back 450 years, give or take. You may even have sung it as a round in elementary school (assuming your teacher...

















