Danish Plan

A modest proposal for combating the plague of robocalls

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Like the United States Constitution, the Constitution of the State of Colorado contains a clause protecting the right to keep and bear arms. It’s found...

Banning corporate personhood would destroy U.S. economy

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About the anti-corporate personhood referendum that might be on the Boulder ballot this November — I smell a rat. Several, in fact...

Oklahoma isn’t the first to see radicalist beheadings

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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 ...

The Moving Finger writes: CO2 in the atmosphere continues to increase

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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor...

Democracy dies in darkness — among other places

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Early last year the Washington Post, after vetting about 500 candidate slogans, adopted as its motto the phrase “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” An interesting choice,...

The drug war turns 40

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I was just kicking back with my second piece of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon...

Random thoughts on the Democrats’ thrillas in Vegas and Charleston

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The most entertaining moment in the Democrats’ South Carolina debate came when Elizabeth Warren affixed a needle-point bayonet to her musket and with a...

Shakespeare, like youth, is wasted on the young. Or is it?

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Had Dana Dusbiber written the op-ed piece she had in the Washington Post last week while I was in high school, I would have nominated her for teacher of the year...

Boulder’s insane densification

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The Boulder City Council’s latest mantra seems to have been taken directly from the Vietnam War: It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it...

Barack and the Choom Gang

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According to a new Rasmussen poll of likely voters, 56 percent of those surveyed favor legalizing marijuana and regulating it like alcohol. That might turn into something of a problem for the current president of the United States, who according to a new biography ...

The welcome sign and a case of libel

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“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”                      — Donald...

Goodbye to the five-year ‘timeout’

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In what must be the most predictable court decision of the decade, the Colorado Supreme Court last week struck down Longmont’s ban on fracking...