Guest Columns
The Indian Peaks Traverse as a solution
Imagine stepping out of your front door, grabbing your hiking poles, putting your binoculars around your neck, lacing up your running shoes, or putting...
The nonviolent history of American independence
Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks and flag-waving, gun salutes and military parades... however, one of our nation’s founding fathers, John Adams, wrote, “A...
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...
Crisis of leadership
We acknowledge our responsibility to stand in solidarity with all people and communities of good conscience who oppose hatred and discrimination. Heather Heyer’s murder...
Congress should lower drug costs, but look beyond numbers
In Congress, policy negotiations often center on a couple questions: how much does the bill cost and how much does the bill save? But...
Generational opportunity for Colorado’s transportation system
Colorado and the nation are on the brink of a large infusion of federal and state dollars for infrastructure from the American Rescue Plan,...
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...
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,...
Colorado’s scripted environmentalism is an impostor for the real thing
By 2011, when my family came face to face with fracking, Colorado was already 40,000 wells into “responsible oil and gas development.” At that...
Don’t forget about NAFTA
By now it’s well understood that Trump will do anything to help corporations make money. The current effort to rewrite the North American Free...
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...
The houseplant industry’s threat to biodiversity
From the onset of the COVID pandemic, houseplant sales have skyrocketed. Nurseries and greenhouses across the country have struggled to keep up with the...
