Danish Plan
Why roads matter
According to a story in last Monday’s Daily Camera, the town of Erie is about to annex 230 acres south of the town for...
Think globally, mine locally
Good news. At last there’s a way for Boulder to think globally and act locally to stop genocide. No more of that “put up a yard sign and feel holy” crap. Now we can do something that really makes a difference. First some background. According to a story in...
The man who sold Mars
The most interesting man in the world isn’t the guy selling beer for Dos Equis. It’s Elon Musk.
A couple months ago Musk, the founder...
The toxic hell of fracking (children welcome)
The anti-fracking activists who demonstrated at an oil rig on Boulder County open space last Saturday obviously don’t think fracking is very dangerous. How else do you explain the fact that they brought their kids to the demonstration...
CU’s misguided 4/20 approach
CU has an interesting new strategy for dealing with the campus’s annual 4/20 rally and pot inhalation this year...
Want to bring back the draft? Here’s how.
There he goes again. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, has reintroduced his perennial bill to bring back the draft...
Double your bet on ClimateSmart
About this time last year, Charlie at Mesa Plumbing called with the dreaded news: The parts needed to overhaul my boiler were no longer carried by the gift shop at the National Museum of Pre-Columbian Plumbing and Heating."You really need to get one of those new ...
30 years later, why Otrona didn’t compute
It didn’t come as a shock when I turned 70 last summer. I had seen it coming for a long time...
Cain’s manager inhales
A lot of politicos, left and right, seem mystified by an ad produced by Herman Cain, the former pizza CEO who — to their amazement and bemusement — is leading in most of the recent polls for the Republican nomination for president...
Oklahoma isn’t the first to see radicalist beheadings
The beheading in Moore, Okla., last month brought it all back. She wasn’t a raving beauty, just a friendly, freckle-faced girl with a warm grin and a presence that was unforgettable. She would make you feel good the second she walked into a room. She had a great ...
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...
A modest proposal for cleaning up the mess in Washington
I have a modest proposal for cleaning up the mess in Washington...
