Opinion
Bernie’s foreign policy looking better everyday
Filmmaker Michael Moore says Trump “will take us to war.” He’s afraid that centrist liberals and the mainstream media will support him like they...
Seth Brigham’s legacy
Seth Brigham is leaving Boulder after 30 years; at least that’s what he told me on Monday. So is it true? I’m sure he meant it when he said it, but I have no idea if he’ll actually move to Wisconsin as he’s planning. He has been known to change his mind. But ...
Welcome to the new ‘Trump Tower’ he’s building for you
If you’ve ever been to any of the cities graced with a Trump hotel, casino, resort, etc., you know that The Donald splashes his...
The new American aristocracy
Multibillionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...
Mighty Monsanto meets its match in musician
The Canadian rocker and master storyteller, Neil Young, says: “Music is a universal language.” Yes, and when created by a people’s champion like him, music can bring down the high and mighty, just as Joshua’s trumpeters brought down the walls of Jericho...
The Child Tax Credit: income for your family
No matter where I go in Colorado, I meet parents who are working incredibly hard — two or three jobs at a time —...
Climate apartheid
The world is facing the prospect of “climate apartheid,” where “the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of the...
Bezos buys a big piece of power
An old cowboy aphorism says: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse...
Ditches are a vanishing paradise
Annette Choszczyk lives in rural western Colorado these days, but when she was a kid, the Highline Canal in Denver was her summer paradise.
“To...
Scott Walker, Home Depot, Donnie Trump and the Supreme Court
In a mind-boggling trick, some magicians levitate themselves. But remember, the key word in “magic trick” — is trick.
Scott Walker, for example, is quite...
Letters: 5/2/19
Little public support
The Jefferson Parkway is a proposed toll road to help complete the Denver Metropolitan beltway. This project will disrupt nearby communities and...
The progressive alternative to Obamacare
Colorado can become a national policy leader on health care reform just as it has with marijuana, argues T.R. Reid, board chair of the Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care...












