Opinion
No, TABOR does not make it harder to raise taxes
In trying to explain the sound ass-kicking Colorado voters administered to Prop CC, the Denver Post’sAlex Burness offered the following reflection:
“For Democrats, it was...
‘Double-S.O.B.s’ keep making a killing
It’s true that America’s working stiffs are mostly stuck in the muck of depression these days, spinning their economic wheels with low wages that can’t even keep pace with inflation. Still, though, there are some good news stories about some who’re doing well — such ...
Living wage preemption act
The governors of many states are boldly stepping forward these days to stop grassroots democracy.
Yes, noting that local citizens and officials have been passing...
Letters: 1/23/20
Danish wrong on Iran
I found the article in the Jan. 15, 2020 by Paul Danish (Re: “Trump puts a horse head in the Ayatollah’s...
Letters: 6/2/16
Activism matters
Joel Dyer, in all his wisdom, did it again with the recent cover article The two protests that Joel covered on May...
Which side are you on … Congressman Polis
“Numerous reports in the business press make it clear that the agreement presents grave risks on all sorts of topics.” — Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz...
U.S. at fault for circumstances feeding immigration
The current media hysteria about Central American kids was sparked by photos of the appalling conditions in the detention facilities. Those photos were leaked by members of the Border Patrol to Tea Party activists who wanted to pressure the Obama administration to ...
Underground open space
Inconvenient truth alert.
It turns out that the Boulder County property owner with the most oil and gas wells on her land is none other...
Nine ways to run a computer
A couple of weeks ago, the Weekly printed a letter from Jim Bryant taking me to task for dissing the decision by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to locate its new $500 million supercomputer in Cheyenne, Wyo. — where it can get cheap, coalgenerated...
Pandemic profiteering
More than 200,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and more than 32 million have lost their jobs. During the first quarter of 2020 alone,...






