Guest Columns
Should you be afraid of the fascists in your community?
I get accused of “being over-the-top” and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency. This is caused, in large part, by...
Boulder County should have the final say on Gross Dam expansion,...
Denying Denver Water’s 1041 application may be our only hope of saving Coal Creek Canyon and the north shore of Gross Reservoir from many...
Guest opinion: Failure to stop Gross Dam expansion is a travesty
Dear Boulder County Commissioners,
The failure to stop the Gross Dam Expansion project can only be described as a terrible and constant string of failures,...
Spine Road’s affordable and workforce housing would add diversity and opportunity...
I’m writing in response to a May 27 op-ed by the Gunbarrel Community Alliance (GCA) (Re: “The poor door and the pattern of legalized...
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...
Air Quality Monitoring in Longmont and COGA
The presentation that Dr. Detlev Helmig gave at the Longmont City Council meeting on July 28 was detailed and conclusive as to the source...
Asylum seekers need compassion, not surveillance
When President Biden released his budget on April 9, a little-known part of it hit very close to home for me. I recently accompanied...
Your choice to vote or not to vote will direct the...
Not participating in the political process of the community is a potent choice. It is an acceptance of the status quo. A willingness to...
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...
Racism: The root cause of violence
It is difficult to say anything that provides sufficient comfort to the victims of police or other violence regardless of the race of the...
For whom the benefits accrue
Boulder has a long history of nurturing a “paying forward” culture where we adopt policies and programs that seek to ensure future generations are...
The pageantry of oil and gas bill 181
“We can put the oil and gas wars to bed.” — K.C. Becker, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
On Tuesday, April 17, major...
