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My mom always told me opening my big mouth about politics and religion would be my downfall. I don’t disagree. But this is one...

When it comes to the emotional issue of gun control, Harry Truman had it right when he said, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know...

I can’t remember how many times I’ve started off a column or news story with my favorite Harry S. Truman quote, but it’s happened a lot. There is just something about the short memory of Boulder County politicians and some residents that seems to keep it relevant. So...

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 ...

As we recently reported, a last-minute rider was slipped into HR 933, the 240-page spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on March 26. The bill was designed as an emergency measure to prevent a government shutdown, but as it turned out, it also made a pretty ...

Warning: I wrote this at 4 a.m. while feeling pretty angry and cynical, so read on at your own peril. I really do love my country,...

We hear it all the time: “climate denier.” We spit the term like a swear word at the Koch brothers or countless Republican politicians. It’s a label we attach to oil and gas industry executives, coal barons and those who run our power generation plants. But what does...

When it comes to the issue of climate change there are only four kinds of people: ignorant, evil, hypocritical and sincere. When it comes to...

It seems like only yesterday when Comrade Trump was stealing the presidential election. We all now know he had plenty of help from Vladimir,...

Colorado’s Republi … Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper was in Boulder a few days back speaking at the FrackingSENSE lecture series that the University of Colorado puts on. As is the norm for the governor these days, he spent a fair amount of time bemoaning his ...

As I have written in this space many times since 2014, there are numerous important reasons why the citizens of Colorado badly need increased...

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