Opinion
The GOP’s jobs debate
Now, let’s turn the Hubble telescope to the far-away galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele and Goofy are contending for the Republican presidential nomination...
Co-ops collapsing
Recently, some 500,000 people around the country suddenly lost their health insurance as 10 of 23 nonprofit health care cooperatives collapsed. Some 80,000 Coloradans were left in the lurch when Colorado HealthOP collapsed. Nearly 40 percent of the people who ...
Letters: 6/9/16
Libertarian not Trump
On most of the things that you hate about Republicans, the Libertarians get it right, and on most of the things you...
Polis a bit too coy on TPP
I am puzzled by Rep. Jared Polis. He has concerns about the “transparency” of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP ) negoiating process and the agreement’s impact on Internet freedom. But he can’t decide whether he is for or against fast track authorization. This is ...
The Danish Plan recalled
Participants in Boulder’s current conversation about growth are starting to allude to the Danish Plan, the growth control ordinance I wrote in 1976 that was adopted by a vote of the people in the November election that year, so I thought I’d provide some background ...
A clueless dealmaker’s deal goes down
Why? That’s the big question the mass media is asking about the sudden failure of the Republican leaders’ relentless push to demonize and kill...
City Council vote is a referendum on police oversight
On March 1, 2019, Boulder police surrounded Black Naropa University student Zayd Atkinson, threatening his life and safety, for the crime of doing his...
Ukraine crisis: fascist menace and a looming war
On Jan. 30, the Congress of Russian Intellectuals published an open letter demanding that the Kremlin avoid starting an “immoral, irresponsible, and criminal” war...
Letters | Danish isn’t so bad
Correction: A May 23 story, “Home, home on the grange,” reported that there are only two operational granges left in Boulder County. Actually, there is a third: the Left Hand Grange #9 in Niwot...
Letters: 7/27/17
Danish right on Russia
Mr. Danish’s analysis of the inner workings of the Russian plan is the most cogent, calm, clear, complete and sensible...