Danish Plan

The road to the Danish Plan

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It would be wrong to say that Boulder wasn’t concerned about growth until 1971. In the 1950s and 1960s Boulder was plenty concerned about growth — specifically about how to get more of it...

Last message from Myachka

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I’m writing this week’s rant on Sunday evening, April 28, which this year was the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah in Hebrew...

The censored arguments for Proposition 64

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The sponsors of Colorado Proposition 64, the ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol, think these are three of the best arguments for voting yes...

A very big fish story

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This could be the greatest fish story since the one about loaves and fishes — and with a lot more fish involved, at that. But...

The wrong marijuana message

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There they go again...

Copenhagen was a success — for the Chinese

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It would be wrong to say that nothing came out of the Copenhagen conference. Just ask the Chinese...

When it comes to sustainability, roads are more important than compost

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As a matter of full disclosure, Paul Danish is currently running for County Commissioner. Should any other candidates for County Commissioner or current Commissioners...

China’s new cyber totalitarianism

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Human Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses in the world’s largest totalitarian state — the People’s Republic of China. And...

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 ...

Nixon explains the election

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The Idea Fairy and I were testing out a new batch of edibles we’d baked when there was a knock on the door. It was...

Hamas does not give shelter

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If there is one thing Hamas is really good at, it’s digging tunnels. Hamas, and like-minded militant factions like Islamic Jihad, have dug more than a thousand tunnels under the Gaza-Egyptian border. (Last March, Egypt said it had closed more than 1,300.) It has ...

Inconvenient truths about “affordable” housing and Ballot Question 300

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Whatever else Ballot Questions 300 and 301 end up accomplishing, they have already succeeded in awakening the social consciences of most of the developers, builders, realtors and bankers in Boulder...