Opinion
Will Colorado come apart?
When county commissioners get together and start to think, the fat’s in the fire. (Trust me on this...
By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people
Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the country as governors and legislators are cutting off funds (and shutting off access) to one of the finest, most popular assets owned by the people of our country...
Citigroup becomes its own self-serving lawmaker
Perhaps you recall from high school civics class that neat flow chart showing the beautiful democratic process for passing a law through Congress...
Congress slumps back to Tom DeLay ethics
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only more so...
Takeaways from the election
When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he said: “The people have spoken. The bastards.” ...
The heart of the city — what’s to be done?
According to a story in the Sunday edition of Brand X paper, Boulder planners are looking for ideas about how to further develop Boulder’s “civic heart” — by which they mean the area bounded by Ninth and 17th Streets on the west and east, and Arapahoe and Canyon on...
Another corporate path for buying our governmet
boulderweekly.com/highroad Like the five-man majority of Supreme Court justices, perhaps you’ve been worried sick over the possibility that corporations just don’t have enough power over our government. If so, let me soothe your fevered brow with a report ...
A meek media
Let us now assess the state of the free press in this land of ... well, of press freedom. The assessment? Pathetic. Not because of some government clampdown, but because of increasing press pusillanimity...
Letters | Of foxes and hens
Clarification: A July 12 Eco-Brief stated that the EnergySmart program for commercial businesses is expected to end sooner than planned. While rebate funds are expected to be expended by early August, the program will continue providing energy advisors who help ...
Counterfeit conservatives
You would think that leading conservatives in our country would be, you know … conservative. As in being very opposed to letting government authorities intrude into people’s privacy and personal liberties...
