Guest Columns
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...
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...
Why the industrial compost facility in East Boulder County should not...
When it comes to Boulder County’s plan for an industrial composting facility: words matter. When elected officials make promises to voters that Open Space...
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...
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...
An open letter to my Republican friends
That I have Republican friends shouldn’t come as a surprise. We all do and I think we can all agree with President Trump when...
Addressing racism is a mental health priority
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her...
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...
Health, safety, toxicity … and elections
Caring for the health and safety of our children and families is common ground where Americans on the Left and the Right meet. Yet,...
The other epidemic we must fight is white supremacy
Twenty years ago, as a senior at Boulder High School, I led a small collective of students in a walkout to protest the murder...
Standing like Standing Rock
I have been following the peaceful protest happening at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. I have been watching and listening as Native Americans...
Climate delayers are climate deniers
Are you feeling a little more than pissed that so much said and written about climate change is about the problem but not the...
