Letters
Letters 6.17.21
There is no place in our government for the filibuster
Year after year, we see politicians in Congress make promises about what they can do...
Letters 6.10.21
The filibuster should be put out of our misery
The filibuster is an archaic relic of America’s racist past. The rule has no place in...
Letters 6.3.21
We are watching
As young leaders in Colorado, we have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. We’ve lived through increasingly brutal wildfires, which...
Letters 5/20/21
Correction: Last week’s Weed Between the Lines (RE: “Getting legalization ‘right,’” May 13), incorrectly listed members of CPEAR. The story has been updated online...
Letters 5/13/21
Polis must sign SB 21-200
Gov. Polis ran and won on a platform of 100% renewables and strong climate action. However, his recent threat to...
Letters 4/29/21
Waldorf Finance
In my career I served as a national, institutional-level commercial real estate appraiser, and earlier as a staff economist for an $18 billion...
Letters: Earth Day, Not Normal, Divest
Standing
A breeze strokes the pine limbs, creating a windborne symphony. We encircle one tree, joining hands. This tree might have greeted the first peoples...
Letters: 4/15/21
The Supremes
In its ruling on media ownership, the current makeup of the Supreme Court reveals again its bias, a la Citizen’s United, of promoting...
Letters: We are Boulder strong! and more
We are Boulder strong!
There is often a grasping which can follow mass shooting terrorism. Grasping to fear, trauma and hope. Hoping for the swift...
Letters: Gun violence, student loans and more
A note about gun violence
In my sophomore year of high school, there was a school shooting at Freeman High School, in Spokane, Washington, just...
Letters 3/18/21
Better composting facilities are essential
Ken Robinson wrote a persuasive Guest Opinion (Re: “Why the industrial compost facility in East Boulder County should not be...
Letters: Bold democracy reform
For generations, we’ve been told that money is power. It’s an axiom that continues to drive our politics. Despite being able to vote for...
