Opinion
Wall Street gets giddy over the urge to merge
Uh-oh. You always have to worry when you hear that there’s a new “air of giddiness on Wall Street...
Look out, BP’s doing it again!
boulderweekly.com/highroad Ok, people, nature needs us to focus. All of us who love polar bears, whales, seabirds and other wildlife should put our minds together to send an urgent telepathic message to the animals in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. Our message ...
Who is a civilian?
During the Afghan and Iraq wars, stories would occasionally move on the wires announcing the deaths of “contractors.” The stories usually went to pains to point out that the deceased were “civilian contractors...
Big shot banker proves big banks are too big
In April, Jamie Dimon — the swaggering chief of JPMorgan Chase — scoffed at critics who warned that his bank’s high-flying investment division was dangerously overextended and risking collapse: “A complete tempest in a teapot,” scoffed Dimon...
The super-rich literally live in their own world
Attention class: Today’s word is “fractal inequality...
A gamer’s wild pitch
In sports, a “gamer” is someone who’s always eager to play. However, in such pursuits as business and politics, a “gamer” is one who games the system...
Gagging on ag-gag laws
Factory farms are not farms at all. They are corporate-run concentration camps for pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys and other food animals...
Letters | Show restraint in Libya
Correction: The March 17 cover story on the Longmont airport stated that there are two city council seats plus the mayor job up for election this November in Longmont. Actually, three council seats and the mayor position are opening up...
Letters | Defending marriage
Clarification: A Jan. 12 story, “A tale of two predators,” stated that Brent Brents estimated he had raped 60 men, women and children in his lifetime. In fact, he guessed he raped 60 people during the seven months he was out of jail. During his lifetime, he guessed ...
