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Don’t trade pennies for your planet

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There is an old political joke in my business in which a reporter who doesn’t much care for a particular candidate shouts out at a press conference, “Do you still beat your wife?” The candidate, who of course has never done such a despicable thing, quickly responds ...

When it comes to the Secretary of State’s office, the appearance...

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

And now for the oil industry lies

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As hopefully everyone has heard by now, proponents of Initiative 97, the 2,500-foot oil and gas setback initiative, turned in 171,000 signatures to the...

Torture and abuse at the southern border

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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...

What would you do?

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It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately, thanks to the Trump administration’s war on immigrants. It was bad enough during the...

‘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...

Colorado Dems are in tough spot — they control everything

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Democrats now control the Colorado House, Senate and governor’s mansion, and that will likely turn out to be a real nightmare for the establishment...

A 1,000-week conversation

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It’s hard for me to believe that Boulder Weekly has gone to press a thousand times. It’s also hard for me to believe that I was here for the very first issue nearly 20 years ago. Granted I did take a 14-year hiatus away from the paper between 1997 and 2011, but I was...

For establishment Dems, it’s Party before people and the planet

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Well, if you haven’t figured it out in recent weeks by reading this column, I’m really tired of politicians who just can’t seem to...

Time’s up for KKKommander-in-Chief

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

The Polis/Hickenlooper fracking compromise; thanks, but no thanks

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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 ...

Longmont fracking ban struck down, what now?

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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’...