Opinion
Wrecking homeowners’ American Dream
At the recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg told the uber-rich that they should abandon their fossil fuel...
Progressives outperform and democracy gets a reprieve
The apocalypse has been averted in the midterms. There was a fragile, informal, anti-fascist united front from Noam Chomsky to Liz Cheney. Joe Biden...
Let us build bridges
At times of increased tension, both ISIL and racists in the West are taking a similar path to polarize the public. I’d propose an alternative approach to avoid a bleak future with limited civil liberties...
Letters | Prairie dogs are pests
Correction: The June 21 story “The wisdom of Wilco” should have said that the group’s first album, A.M., was an L.P., not an E.P...
Boulder Weekly Staff Hall of Fame
As the company’s founder and publisher, my passion for and commitment to the success of Boulder Weekly has been a double-edged sword that has...
Toward participatory democracy
Capitalist ideology has a mighty grip on the consciousness of contemporary Americans. It is sometimes said that people in the United States can more...
Commentary: It takes a village… of idiots
Running this story on Facebook is not our way of whining about Boulder Weekly’s business model. Fortunately, we never made page views and unique visitors...
What kind of country punishes Good Samaritans?
Let us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the New Testament, but the one out in the...
We didn’t always hate Castro
As America embarks on a more friendly relationship with Cuba, it is interesting to recall a peculiar moment in our history when Fidel Castro was seen as a Robin Hood figure by many Americans, including a fair number of conservatives. Historian Van Gosse says: “Since ...
Saving our ravaged planet — and ourselves
Earth Day cometh — the 43rd year of this national focus on our globe. Should we weep? Or cheer? Both. The first step toward any recovery is admitting that we have a problem. In fact, beaucoup of them. For example, despite the squawking of profiteering polluters and...