Guest Columns
Boulder can choose compassion over exclusion
We started the Bedrooms Are For People campaign to make Boulder a more inclusive and welcoming place to call home. We want to live...
Listening through a prism
Readers of Haley Gray’s April 14, 2016 “Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project heads back to council” might have been surprised when just four days later...
Every day’s a holiday for the oil industry in Colorado
News surfaced last week that the oil industry has been dodging its Colorado taxes, and not just now and then, but systematically. The tax,...
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...
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...
Big money is playing Boulder during elections
It’s May 2014 at an annual event called Boulder Startup Week. The topic is entrepreneurs and politics. Congressman Jared Polis (D) has a taunting...
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...
I fought for our country. Now NFL players are kneeling for...
I’m a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come as a surprise that the day I read about NFL players kneeling during...
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...
Opportunity zones: Who benefits?
The 2017 tax bill provides for the creation of “Opportunity Zones” (OZs) — economically distressed communities where as a result of investment in said...
ColoradoCare: You can handle the truth
The current healthcare system has all the hallmarks of an abusive relationship. Well, it’s what we know. Maybe it’ll change. It would be hard...
Why Trump will leave office if he loses the election
There is widespread concern that President Trump won’t leave office if he loses the election. This angst is understandable. Trump has, after all, refused...
