Opinion
Just Economics: Looking through the lens of ‘The 1619 Project’
In 2019, The New York Times published The 1619 Project, a collection of essays, short stories, and poems intended to revisit United States’ history...
Labor upsurge promotes democracy and prosperity
We had “Hot Labor Summer” across the country, and working-class discontent continues to smolder. Health care employees, flight attendants, pilots, television and film writers...
Letters: Feb. 9, 2023
Uniforms and guns at POP noms meeting
This week I submitted a complaint against Boulder police officers who appeared at the Jan. 19 City Council...
How gun rights helped mainstream neo-fascists
As we anticipate the end of the pandemic, things are starting to get back to “normal.” What does that mean? In 2019, “we pretty...
Letters | We could stop an ice age
I occasionally appreciate Paul Danish’s contrarian views, but sometimes they need to be answered — especially when the issue is something as important as climate breakdown...
Letters:P 2/25/16
Response to a nonsensical letter
I felt compelled to respond to the Feb. 11, 2016 letter from Michelle Kretzer of the PETA Foundation in Norfolk,...
Letters | A leguminous error
Just wanted to point out an incorrect statement in the article, “Quinoa Conundrum,” in the Feb. 28 issue...
A health care system for people, not just for corporate profit
America is number one in health care! But before erupting in proud chants of USA! USA! — note that we’re only number one in...
Letters: 10/25/18
Vote for Weiser
Phil Weiser is pro-choice.
George Brauchler is not pro-choice.
They are both running for Colorado Attorney General, a role that some have described as...
Why a 70-percent tax rate on the superrich would be good...
Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of the very richest people was that monetary self-indulgence was tacky and...
Monsanto takes a tumble
Poor Monsanto — the mighty and haughty manipulator of Mother Nature has tripped on its own hubris, falling far, fast and hard this year...