Opinion

Why no one cares about privacy anymore — in three...

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The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook mess reminded me of a piece written eight years ago by Declan McCullagh, a journo who at the time was writing...

Sustainability should not be legally impossible

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I write today on behalf of the Boulder Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). This is our statement of solidarity with frontline communities worldwide, and in...

Hickenlooper’s drinking problem

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There’s more than one way to lie. You can knowingly offer up false information as truth, or you can offer up little pieces of a story while leaving out other parts of the tale in order to convey a false impression without actually stating an inaccurate fact...

Transcending the housing crisis

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Virtually all housing experts agree that there is a housing crisis in the United States. It is estimated that 600,000 Americans are currently homeless,...

Every day’s a holiday for the oil industry in Colorado

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News surfaced last week that the oil industry has been dodging its Colorado taxes, and not just now and then, but systematically. The tax,...

Rent control: Why or why not?

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My debut column two weeks ago went into an abbreviated history of rent control (RC) in Boulder and Colorado. Now it’s time to deal...

‘Socialism’ is no longer a dirty word

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t expect to become a “Democratic giant slayer” as the New York Times would call her. The 28-year-old bartender and waitress from...

Rachel Carson and Rocky Flats

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In 2018, The Library of America published Rachel Carson: Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment. Carson is famous for bringing to the...

The pageantry of oil and gas bill 181

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 “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...

Another day in America

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There are the sirens. The police cars. The SWAT team. The yellow tape. The media trucks. The overhead shots of the crime scene. The...

Prohibitionists want Colorado voters to recriminalize marijuana in November

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Like rust, marijuana prohibitionists never sleep. Earlier this month a couple of anti-pot activists filed a proposed initiative to amend the Colorado Constitution to repeal...

An open letter to Michaela Mujica-Steiner

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I read with interest your piece in the Dec. 13 Boulder Weekly (Re: “Déjà vu at U.N. climate talks”) about your visit to the United...