Opinion

Oil wells vs. subdivisions

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At a recent debate on fracking, Peter Champe of the Longmont anti-fracking group Our Future, Our Health, Our Longmont, summed up his group’s brief. Fracking is a major industrial activity, he said, and major industrial activities aren’t allowed in residential ...

Colorado deserves better — I’m voting no on Prop DD

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In an era of money-hungry government, this election cycle seeks to move us further down a path asking taxpayers to give more, fund more,...

Fake history of Civil War fuels MAGA

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At the end of the 1950s, the organizers of the planned four-year-long official centennial celebration of the Civil War decided to avoid mentioning slavery...

How U.S. rightwingers learned to love Putin

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Millions of Republicans either support or don’t give a damn about Russian interference in the midterm elections this year. According to a Yahoo Finance/SurveyMonkey poll...

Beaten dog syndrome: Enduring the days of Trump

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Confession: I’m feeling exhausted and a bit overwhelmed. And I suspect you are too, but what can we do? Take a break? Give up? I’ve been...

China’s new cyber totalitarianism

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Human Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses in the world’s largest totalitarian state — the People’s Republic of China. And...

The Polis administration plays pretend on fracking

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As children, we liked to pretend to be adults, usually our parents, but sometimes great athletes and screen idols. My dad was a railroader. My...

It’s time to stop persecuting Julian Assange

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As Americans, we should be angry and disgusted that our government, and now the Biden administration, has been engaged in the persecution of Wikileaks...

To protect open space from fracking, join us for an Earth...

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In early 2012 I participated in my first act of nonviolent direct action when the Boulder Earth Guardians and I shut down a Commissioners’...

The race question

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The U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to expedited consideration of a case challenging the constitutionality of adding a citizenship question — Are you...

The Colorado GOP: Wild, crazy and dangerous

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Donald Trump has been a disaster for the Colorado Republican Party, according to Dick Wadhams, the party’s chair from 2007-2011. Wadhams isn’t some play-by-the-rules...

The nonviolent history of American independence

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Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks and flag-waving, gun salutes and military parades... however, one of our nation’s founding fathers, John Adams, wrote, “A...