Danish Plan
The road to the Danish Plan
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...
Now playing in the star chamber: The impeachment of Donald Trump
According to a story in the Washington Post, House Democrats want the whistleblower, whose complaint is the pretext for their impeachment inquiry, to testify...
The welcome sign and a case of libel
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” — Donald...
Who wants a big, cool rocket?
A couple of days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully flew its Falcon Heavy rocket last week, a USA Today headline asked: “SpaceX Falcon Heavy —...
The Zetas and the Surfriders
Cities provide a lot of services, but only four of them are truly vital: Water, sewer, police and fire. (Add gas and electricity to the list in towns with municipal utilities...
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...
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...
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...
The dark horses of 2016
The best advice I ever got about running for office came from Faye Johnson, a fierce Democratic warrior and former Boulder County Democratic Party chair. It consisted of exactly three words: “Make no assumptions...
The folly of compulsory national service
The New York Times columnist David Brooks wants to bring back the draft. Or at least some form of compulsory universal national service. He thinks it will bring Americans back together again...
Bulworth and the Honey Badger
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is a case of life following art. The art in this case is the 1998 movie Bulworth. The film is an over-the-top political comedy starring Warren Beatty as Jay Billington Bulworth, a liberal Democratic U.S. Senator from California ...














