Opinion
Congressman Pinocchio
Congressman Polis’ nose is growing by the day. The web of mistruths, halftruths and outright fabrications he is using to justify his support for fast tracking the Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) — a secretive trade deal that would expand fracking, destroy jobs and ...
The secessionist tempest in Texas
Once again, there’s a tempest brewing in the national tea pot. We’re talking secession! Well, some of us are...
Congress chooses to keep poisoning children
Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and even frivolous federal spending, because, well, because it’s unnecessary and frivolous...
Letters | Oil wells vs. subdivisions
Correction: A June 21 story, “Heating up alternative energy,” should have said that to qualify for the new Elevations Credit Union loan program, buildings must have achieved a 15 percent energy “saving,” not “rating.” In addition, any customer can participate in the ...
Billionaire bullies
Not all of the bullies are in schoolyards these days — quite a few have graduated to the executive suites of Corporate America...
Help cure Sallie Mae’s sugar addiction
Sallie Mae is not one of those girls who’re made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Well, she is filled with sugar, but it comes from you and me, thanks to a longtime sweetheart deal she has from the federal government...
Monsanto Frankenwheat crops up in Oregon
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...
