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2018 elections: A very brief look at what we learned

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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...

You might as well cut off our hands

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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...

NSA’s domestic spying program: Beware the wolf

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This is not an easy column to write in a calm voice or free of profanity, but I’ll give it my best shot. That said, please feel free to toss in all the mental expletives you want as you read along. I’m sure you’ll know just where to put them...

It’s past time for Polis to decide on fast track for...

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Some people just can’t make up their minds. Where should I eat? Blue or red? The Voice or Dancing with the Stars? Obviously, indecision on the part of most people doesn’t have much significance for the rest of us, but that’s not true of everyone. When Congressman ...

Beyond the brink

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This was a bad week for our country. Like so many other times in the last couple of years, racism boiled to the top...

End municipalization secrecy

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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...

‘Being There,’ the remake; starring Donald Trump

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You’re not crazy and it only feels like déjà vu. The truth is, that nagging feeling you’ve seen this show before isn’t wrong. You...

What’s wrong with this picture?

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Two pro-gun-rights billboards have recently gone up in Greeley and they’re causing quite a stir, as in you can read about them in The Washington Post kind of stir. But why have a couple of political signs sparked so much controversy and who is paying for them...

Hiding behind the flag

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Last year, while attending city council meetings in Longmont, where the town’s new oil and gas regs were being debated, one particular family in attendance caught my attention. This family included a couple of kids, never missed a meeting and, to put it mildly, was ...

Fracking activists are the Tea Party of the Left?

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Let’s recap: First, the message was the oil and gas industry equals jobs and if those who oppose fracking don’t back down, those jobs will be taken away from Colorado...

The new era of conspiracy thinking

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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...

Don’t take the bait

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It was a nearly packed house Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Longmont City Council chambers as citizens who believe that local communities should have the final say over fracking in their neighborhoods turned up in good numbers...