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Vigorous support for one’s country.” That is the simple definition of “patriotism” according to the dictionary. What sticks out to me is how patriotism,...

Remember the old comedy skit wherein a well-meaning fellow decides he wants to do a good deed by helping an elderly woman cross a busy street? He eventually hauls her kicking and screaming safely through the traffic to the other side only to have the old lady kick ...

Let me start by making one thing very clear; the reason that local control and setback Initiatives 75 and 78 failed to make the...

I think it was in 1995 that I first suggested a fix to Boulder’s affordable housing problem in the pages of Boulder Weekly. As I recall, the circumstances were a lot like today; rents and real estate prices were outrageously high for the region and the Boulder ...

Recently, while perusing the Denver Business Journal, I stumbled over the headline: “We are under attack.” I know, in 2017 those words could mean lots...

Who you gonna call? The answer of course depends on who you are. If you’re the oil and gas industry and you need someone...

It’s more a situation than a dilemma really. When it comes to Cliff Willmeng’s candidacy for Boulder County Commissioner as the Green Party candidate,...

Let’s start with something positive on the national front — hope lives. We are better off today than we were on Nov. 5. And while...

If the emails crossing my screen these days are to be believed, then last week’s vote by the Boulder County commissioners to allow the county’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling to expire is shaping up to be the Lexington/Concord of the great fracking showdown...

Before I say anything else, I want to thank Heather Heyer for being strong enough, brave enough and committed enough to attend the counter...

Well, that didn’t take long. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) announced its intention to file lawsuits against Lafayette and Fort Collins over those cities’ election results regarding fracking. Once again, the oil and gas industry is ...

Let me start by saying I’m all for municipalization. I have supported the idea of forming a municipal electric utility in Boulder from the beginning. That said, I continue to be disappointed by the way that the City of Boulder conducts itself on this important issue...