Guest Columns
Boulder County needs an authentic choice for County Commissioner
Heading into the 2018 elections, Boulder County faces two divergent futures — either extending the status quo with a dangerous game of insider politics,...
The six million dollar question on co-ops
It’s becoming quite clear co-op advocates can’t come up with better arguments other than referring to those of us who disagree with their proposals...
Immigrationspeak
Whether or not Donald Trump continues in office in the near future, he has already contributed to a language of immigration that’s both larger...
Enabling versus helping
There has been an ongoing debate about the differences between enabling and helping an addict. When a family is confronted with the situation where...
Bureau of Land Management abdicates obligation to manage our wild equines...
We Americans are inspired by our wild horses. We marvel at the sight of them living wild and free on our public rangelands, of...
Ma Xcel, things have changed
Our situation is not comparable to anything in the past. It is impossible, therefore, to apply methods and measures which at an earlier age...
PERA should divest from fossil fuels for the climate as well...
Colorado legislators and Colorado’s state pension fund — Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) — should be paying close attention to the fact that a...
No war for Saudi oil!
Even if U.S. intelligence decisively shows that some of the drones and cruise missiles used in the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields originated...
The alternatives to detaining immigrant families
With his hastily issued executive order on family separation last week, President Trump presented America with a false choice: If you don’t want me...
Agricultural rights’ bill will harm workers it purports to help
Senate bill 21-087, Agricultural Workers’ Rights, contrary to its title, will significantly reduce the paychecks of Colorado ag employees.
A Colorado farmworker under the U.S....
Standing Up to Trump at COP23
President Donald Trump’s attempt at pushing a fossil fuel agenda at this year’s 23rd United Nations climate talks (COP23), includes coal, oil, nuclear and...
Sessions slams the door on immigrants desperate to escape domestic violence
Recently, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled...
