Danish Plan
Have we accidentally prevented another ice age?
Sometimes you learn the darnedest things if you read a news story all the way to the end...
Greetings and guesses from Tel Aviv
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...
How to increase Colorado’s water supply
President Barack Obama gave a speech last week in California, which is enduring the worst drought in its recorded history, and he called on the country to rethink how it deals with water...
Why the chattering classes don’t get Trump
America’s political and journalistic establishments still can’t figure out the Trump phenomenon...
How to stop illegal immigration
I have a modest proposal for solving the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico without building a fence along the border or granting amnesty to those here illegally. Conquer Mexico. You know. Kind of like conquistadors, only north to south this time. Get ...
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...
Nixon’s negative campaigns
Harvey and I were chowing down on an excellent plate of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon...
Quarterbacking the gummy bear trick
Kevin Sabet, the creep who once described himself as “the quarterback” of the anti-marijuana legalization movement, is the kind of guy who gives a...
How to provide higher learning at a lower price
I have a modest proposal for making the college experience more affordable, accessible, excellent and just plain better...
Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president?
Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president...
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...
Inconvenient truths about “affordable” housing and Ballot Question 300
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...











