Guest Columns
Amendment B saves schools, counties and neighborhoods from funding freefall
When Colorado lawmakers reconvene in 2021, they face a projected $1 billion dollar pandemic-driven shortfall in our state budget. On top of that, our...
We need to talk about the new normal
There is a thirst in the community to talk about the pandemic and discuss how it has changed our lives. A few of us...
Dark spots, light spots and Apple’s protest
Dr. Mel Gurtov has studied government intrusion into our lives for many decades, including his work as an analyst for the RAND corporation and...
Boulder needs equal housing access in the City charter
In most of Boulder, it’s illegal for more than three unrelated people to live together in a home. The Bedrooms Are For People ballot...
The Polis administration plays pretend on fracking
As children, we liked to pretend to be adults, usually our parents, but sometimes great athletes and screen idols.
My dad was a railroader. My...
Danish is all about propaganda
I occasionally cruise articles by Paul Danish to see what regurgitated right-wing propaganda looks like. His article on the “slobs” of Standing Rock was exemplary.
I...
Amendment 71 is a power grab by the corporate and political...
Amendment 71, otherwise known as “Raise the Bar,” is a question that will be on your Colorado ballot that you will receive later this...
How the Trump administration targets immigrants
The Trump administration has yet to break ground for its promised border wall to keep the undocumented out of the United States, but by...
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...
Xcel went fishing and caught a few fish
Xcel went fishing with its “final” offers of two weeks ago. But on Monday night, few on Council took the bait.
Council made the right...
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...
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...
