Danish Plan
Nixon explains why Trump won
The Idea Fairy and I were kicking back after the election when suddenly the door flew open and a shadowy figure emerged through the...
Cage match! Canada/New York edition
Cage match!
Trump and Cruz are down in the mud and the blood and the beer, punching and kicking and clawing and generally trying to...
Boulder’s sad siblings
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 ...
Why fracking is here to stay
If you want to know why fracking is here to stay, consider what’s been going on in Weld County...
The marketplace of ideas
Whatever else it did, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission — that’s the campaign finance case — has prompted a lot of Boulder lefties to take pen in hand and hyperventilate that the American republic, and possibly ...
The censored arguments for Proposition 64
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...
Big day in American history
April 19 is a big day in American history, maybe even the biggest. Doesn’t ring a bell, huh? Here’s a clue. It was a cool and misty morning...
It’s just like the sanctuary city movement, only with live ammunition
Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.
Good and hard.
Remember the sanctuary city movement, the strategy the Resistance (or the Democratic...
The cost of killing nuclear power
”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...
Another horror story from the Weld County oil patch
Here’s another environmental horror story from the Weld County oil patch...
My persons of the year
Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” this year was a collective award: The Ebola Fighters...











