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NSA’s domestic spying program: Beware the wolf
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...
Spineless politicos and the devolution of the NRA
School shootings, theater shootings, concert shootings, post-office shootings, nightclub shootings, restaurant shootings, work-place shootings. The U.S. has had hundreds of mass murders in the...
Hickenlooper’s drinking problem
There’s more than one way to lie. You can knowingly offer up false information as truth, or you can offer up little pieces of a story while leaving out other parts of the tale in order to convey a false impression without actually stating an inaccurate fact...
State of Colorado bullies Longmont on behalf of oil and gas...
Longmont city council members knew that the state might sue their community over the new oil and gas regulations that they passed a few weeks back. But it was a risk that they were willing to take in order to protect their town’s residents’ health, property values ...
Time’s up for KKKommander-in-Chief
Before I say anything else, I want to thank Heather Heyer for being strong enough, brave enough and committed enough to attend the counter...
Longmont fracking ban struck down, what now?
It was quite a read. The further I delved into the Colorado Supreme Court’s decisions to overturn Longmont’s ban on fracking and Fort Collins’...
About those primary endorsements
I don’t think I’ve ever had so many people ask me if Boulder Weekly is going to endorse in the primaries as I have this...
2018 elections: A very brief look at what we learned
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...
Torture and abuse at the southern border
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since I last crossed the U.S.-Mexican border illegally and spent a few days making my way...
Oil and gas setback initiative: It’s time to stop begging and...
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...
Hate makes us stupid
There’s some interesting research out there that should give us all pause. To put it in laymen’s terms: Our friends in academia have found...
Failure to extend drilling moratorium sparks talk of recall election for...
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...