Opinion

Obama learns to love fracking

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President Obama gave a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, June 25, in which he outlined his vision for saving the country, world and civilization as we know it from the horrors of global warming...

Corporate arrogance and government ignorance

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Arrogance is an unpleasant trait, but when it’s overlaid with ignorance, it really gets ugly...

Letters | Boulder Weekly rocks, fracking doesn’t

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‘BW’ rocks, fracking doesn’t...

The class of 2013 seems to ‘get it’

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Harrell’s hardware store, located near my home in Austin, Texas, is the opposite of a big-box chain store. It’s an unchained, small-box store with a knowledgeable staff willing to help customers figure out how to do most any project. Harrell’s slogan is: “Together, ...

Letters | Marijuana over martinis

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(Re: “Heading into uncharted territory,” Weed Between the Lines, May 16.) The people of Colorado are way ahead of the politicians in Washington, D.C...

Will Colorado come apart?

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When county commissioners get together and start to think, the fat’s in the fire. (Trust me on this...

Monsanto Frankenwheat crops up in Oregon

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Bob Dylan once sent a two-word lyric to Ben Harper, a talented songwriter he admired. “Well well,” was the lyric, and Dylan challenged Harper to make a song of it...

NSA’s domestic spying program: Beware the wolf

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This is not an easy column to write in a calm voice or free of profanity, but I’ll give it my best shot. That said, please feel free to toss in all the mental expletives you want as you read along. I’m sure you’ll know just where to put them...

Biotech runs amuck. Again

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When asked what the world needs, people tend to go all gushy and offer up such fuzzy stuff as “world peace” and “more kindness...

Letters | Nablus: The time has come

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Correction: The May 30 article “Boulder altogether” misspelled the name of Giulia Pecone...

Boulder’s sad siblings

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When the scheme to establish a “sister city” relationship between Boulder and the Palestinian city of Nablus came to light 15 months ago, I wrote a column suggesting that wouldn’t be a good idea because Nablus, and the An Najah University located in Nablus, “were ...

A new home for poverty in America

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It’s been nearly 50 years since poverty in America was a front-burner issue on our nation’s political agenda — and it’s time to move it up again...