Opinion
Nixon and Beelzebub explain how to form a more perfect union
The Idea Fairy and I had just polished off an excellent plate of edibles when there was a knock at the door. It was...
The economy is up! Or is it down?
boulderweekly.com/highroad Good news, people! The economy is roaring like a tiger again, so we shoppers are now willing and able to spend more. I know this is true, because it says so right here on the front page of the business section of my local daily, the ...
Letters | Keep it up
Correction: In the Aug. 1 news story “Ban on booze,” The Rib House was incorrectly cited as the restaurant that had applied for late hours and been denied by city council. Council member Ken Wilson said only that a barbecue restaurant on the Hill had applied and been...
Why are we giving corporate welfare to Amazon?
Isn’t it funny that right-wing politicians across the country piously rant against giving a few bucks worth of jobless benefits to the needy, then...
Fighting the Gentleman’s Insurrection
The House committee to investigate the violent January 6 attempted coup d'etat is in a race against time. If the Democrats lose the House...
There is something rotten in the Republic of Boulder — and...
After 25 years of acclaimed atmospheric research at the University of Colorado, Dr. Detlev Helmig was summarily fired in April. The firing was delivered...
Offer a coal alternative
(Re: “Another lump of coal,” Danish Plan, Dec. 17.) While I found the article by Mr. Danish amusing, he does nothing to propose where the computing center should have been built and thus what type of electrical generation should be used. Had the center been built ...
The new founder
When you think of America’s great Constitutional originators, names like Jefferson, Washington and Franklin come to mind. And, of course, Abbott. ...
It’s not my proclivity for avocado toast
I’m 25 years old, and while I do enjoy avocado toast and a latte every now and again, that isn’t what’s standing between me...
Robot farmers — bull, bull, bull, bull!
How’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen... Angus?
Not “Angus,” the breed of cattle, but Angus, the 1,000-pound “farmer...
Letters: 1/16/20
NAFTA 2.0 better, but still bad
Congress recently passed the U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement (aka NAFTA 2.0). Thanks to efforts by local, state and...











