Guest Columns
Open space development isn’t a solution for inequity
Timothy Thomas’ “opinion” in the October 7, 2021 issue of Boulder Weekly (“Open Space, CU South and civil rights: A first step towards ‘Just...
Sullied bedfellows
Connecting dots is generally considered to be a child’s game. But when applied to politics and all of its bedfellows who usually come out...
Home Rule
Mark Fearer’s piece on common problems faced by tenants (“The Unrepentant Tenant,” Sept. 8, 2022) and the mention of the Boulder housing code caught...
Proposition EE is not the solution for Colorado
When 2020 started, no one could have predicted the roller coaster ride we are on. Election season has extended the ride as voters will...
Xcel Energy, the writing is on the wall
It may be an urban legend, but supposedly Henry Ford shared, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster...
Clinging to privilege
On Saturday, March 6, hundreds of CU Boulder students played part in a maskless, bacchanal spring celebration in the midst of a pandemic that...
This is not a drill
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t cause the problem but it has opened our eyes to the reality that our health care system is severely lacking...
On the Krieger firing
In Boulder, Colorado, we are learning to read the words that are not there.
I recently read Anthony Marra’s brilliant volume of linked stories, The...
Make farm work a humane occupation
I am a farmer in Boulder County, and I wholeheartedly support the agricultural worker’s rights bill, SB21-087, that is being debated in the Colorado House...
Race is a thread that connects all mass shootings
When a gunman opened fire in the Table Mesa King Soopers on Monday, March 22, prematurely ending the lives of 10 people, his bullets...
Has the business community co-opted Boulder’s non-profits?
New commercial development in Boulder helps finance Affordable Housing (AH) through a charge called a linkage fee for each square foot of development. At...
Why the industrial compost facility in East Boulder County should not...
When it comes to Boulder County’s plan for an industrial composting facility: words matter. When elected officials make promises to voters that Open Space...
