Opinion
Best environmentalist candidate, Bernie Sanders
Many enviros are thrilled that Bernie Sanders is running for president, according to Bill McKibben, the author/ activist who has been called “probably the nation’s leading environmentalist” by The Boston Globe...
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...
Greenland and the art of the deal
Trump, don’t get in a snit just because everyone in Greenland and Denmark blew off your idea about the U.S. buying Greenland.
Do what any...
Laugh, don’t fight
On April 15, a distinctly disturbing event took place in Berkeley, California. Several hundred proto-fascists gathered in a downtown park. They were armed and...
Explaining Congressional morality
It’s always interesting to see Congress in action, though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight it is to watch Republican leaders as they gleefully try to repeal Obamacare, the law extending health care coverage to all Americans. As they vote...
Letters: 9/28/17
Inconvenient Lifestyle
I saw the new Al Gore movie An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power and was moved to write. Mr. Gore’s movie was very...
Letters | Danish and sex
Correction: The Aug. 23 article “A certain kind of kin” attributed the quote “Is that Duane Allman?” to Ben Kaufman instead of Dave Johnston...
Counter ALEC with ALICE
Poor Alec just keeps bumbling, stumbling, and tumbling. You could feel sorry for such a hapless soul, except that this isn’t a person, but the soulless ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. This secretive corporate front is behind hundreds of regressive ...
30 years later, why Otrona didn’t compute
It didn’t come as a shock when I turned 70 last summer. I had seen it coming for a long time...
Kiss Off, Henry
When Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 recently, leading politicians of both parties praised him effusively. Kissinger was national security adviser and...







