Danish Plan
The campaign to pass the Danish Plan
The campaign to pass the Danish Plan began in August 1976 with a panicked phone call to me from Councilwoman and future Mayor Ruth Correll. She wanted to know why the Danish Plan (officially called the Slow Growth ordinance) didn’t exempt affordable housing from its ...
Turn Syria’s refugees into a liberation army
Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Obama’s pal Rahm Emmanuel once famously remarked, adding that what he meant by that was “it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before...
The Donald is about to enter the oil patch
Prediction: If you want to know where the Trump administration is headed, start by reviewing what’s been going on in the oil patch for...
Russia, social media and Cold War 2.0
About Russia using social media to meddle in the election — and undermine and disrupt American democracy and the American social fabric generally —...
Eight reasons to arm Libya’s rebels
There seems to be a big debate going on in the Obama administration over whether we should arm and train the Libyan rebels...
The Denver Post supports marijuana legalization — before opposing it
The Denver Post ran an odd editorial on Oct. 15 in which it averred its support for marijuana legalization, but opposed the passage of Amendment 64, which would legalize marijuana in Colorado...
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...
The Hansen letter
Although it may be a bit rude to put it this way, climatologist James Hansen is the high priest of global warming alarmism. He once referred to coal trains as “death trains” that would be “no less gruesome than if they were boxcars headed to crematoria, loaded with ...
Climate change & the ingratitude of the eighth generation
“Why should I do anything for posterity...
If you don’t like fracking, hope you like global warming
So you don’t like fracking, huh...
Macron and les deplorables
French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris from the G20 Summit, where he reaffirmed France’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, to discover a...
