Opinion
Letters | People of the Year
(Re: “People of the Year: Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont,” cover story, Dec. 27.) The People of the Year award brought tears to my eyes, because this was truly a community effort, led by, but transcending, those mentioned in the article. I am overjoyed that ...
Is nothing sacred to frackers?
Such energy powers as BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton and Koch Industries have gone crackers over fracking...
Letters | Boulder Weekly story prompts legal help
I represent Ms. Ashley Weber, the subject of Ms. Elizabeth Miller’s thoughtful article in the Boulder Weekly (“Between two laws,” Dec. 13). I was so affected by Ashley’s situation that I sought to represent her...
Repeal the Second Amendment? How about the First?
Editor's Note: The original version of this article misspelled Andrew O'Connor's name...
Letters | Dyer was right on
While making fun of Joel Dyer’s piece on fracking (“Can you hear us now?” DyerTimes, Dec. 6), Charlie Danaher offered zero data to refute Dyer’s predictions or rhetoric. I’m inclined to go with Dyer’s carefully researched points and dismiss Danaher’s dismissal...
The selling of the Obama inauguration
He did it. Unfortunately. Sadly. Disappointingly...
Letters | Don´t give in to oil and gas
A letter to the Boulder County commissioners: As a concerned citizen keeping close to the issue of fracking, I can tell you that if you think the public outcry has been bad thus far, it’s been nothing compared to what it will become if you give in to the oil and gas ...
General Armey fades away
Lightning’s flashing, winds are howling — and there’s a tempest in the tea party! Why it’s Dick Armey, the blowhard, former Republican majority leader, corporate lobbyist, Koch brothers’ retainer and commanding general of the tea party army...
Defining the real ‘goons’ in Boulder’s fracking debate
Well, it’s time for another meeting with Boulder County commissioners as they try to move ahead with rewriting the oil and gas regulations that govern our backyards...
Greetings and guesses from Tel Aviv
Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly columnist Paul Danish is in Israel and will be writing several pieces in the coming weeks about his personal observations on the ongoing conflict there...
Letters | Fiery fracktivism
(Re: “Can you hear us now?” DyerTimes, Dec. 6.) I was a part of the action at the Dec. 4 Boulder County commissioners meeting. Those of us who initiated the action did so because of the urgency and attention the issue of fracking in Boulder County needs. Citizens ...