Opinion
State of Colorado bullies Longmont on behalf of oil and gas...
Longmont city council members knew that the state might sue their community over the new oil and gas regulations that they passed a few weeks back. But it was a risk that they were willing to take in order to protect their town’s residents’ health, property values ...
NSA and DHS defend us against sinister website
It’s a scary world out there, with global terrorists plotting to kill us...
Ma Xcel, things have changed
Our situation is not comparable to anything in the past. It is impossible, therefore, to apply methods and measures which at an earlier age...
GOP Ultra-Maga Love of Authoritarian Hungary
There is a controversy among Republican leaders about publicly declaring what the GOP would do if it won back Congress and the presidency.
The GOP...
What does ‘Trumponomics’ actually amount to?
Donnie Trump — what a maverick! What a shake-’em-up outsider! What an anti-establishment fighter for working stiffs!
Oh, and don’t forget this: What a phony!
The...
Finding the money to fund higher education for all
Question: Is making higher education available to every American more important to our national interest than letting Wall Street profiteers make a few more billions of dollars each year...
Improved Medicare for All: simple, universal, affordable
We can meet the health care needs of us all, in a way we each can afford, spend less and have better health care.
To...
Letters: 12/22/16
An open letter to Boulder City Council, especially Matt Applebaum
I recently shared a video of a homeless woman at a Capitol rally with...
Governor Brown and ‘the new abnormal’
For some reason California’s outgoing Governor Jerry Brown started his Nov. 11 press conference on the state’s wildfires by calling them “the new abnormal.”
Why...
Populism: bigoted scapegoating or multiracial progressivism?
Populism isn’t a coherent ideology, argues John Judis, but “a way of thinking” about politics that can be employed by the left, right or...
For establishment Dems, it’s Party before people and the planet
Well, if you haven’t figured it out in recent weeks by reading this column, I’m really tired of politicians who just can’t seem to...