Guest Columns
Proposition EE is not the solution for Colorado
When 2020 started, no one could have predicted the roller coaster ride we are on. Election season has extended the ride as voters will...
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...
Lessons from Iran
I can no longer sit here silent about what I have been observing happening in our nation the past few years and what I observed...
Modernizing the canvass process for citizen initiatives
Colorado Amendment 71, Raise the Bar, passed in the November election.
It will now take a 55 percent supermajority to amend the state constitution.
Amendment 71...
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,...
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...
Immigration courthouse arrests undermine justice
Since President Trump took office last year, immigration enforcement officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have dramatically...
Will the City of Boulder suppress our right to vote?
Can you imagine if President Trump or the Attorney General tried to change the election rules in the middle of an election season? Can...
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...
I shouldn’t need a permit to protest the existence of Jeff...
When I was 11 years old, I was cutting school one day with a friend as we discussed the trajectory of our ensuing hookie...
The ‘them’ in ‘us versus them’
On the July 20 edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Moore made an ominous prediction. He said, “I...
Vote YES for minimum wage increase
My personal view has been that, when we do not pay a living wage, children and families suffer from food insecurity, substandard housing and...
