Opinion
LETTERS | Danish trivializes a death
Correction: A Jan. 2 commentary, “ALEC’s attack on renewables arrives in Colorado,” mistakenly identified Xcel Energy as a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Xcel was a member of ALEC until 2011. It continues to provide hundreds of thousands ...
Finger-pointing in the gun rights fight
Boulder writer Dan Baum planned to write a book on guns in America which would be “apolitical, nonpolemical cultural anthropology, played sometimes for laughs.” But his timing was bad. His book, Gun Guys: A Road Trip, was published in the middle of a volatile ...
Letters | Keep it up
Correction: In the Aug. 1 news story “Ban on booze,” The Rib House was incorrectly cited as the restaurant that had applied for late hours and been denied by city council. Council member Ken Wilson said only that a barbecue restaurant on the Hill had applied and been...
Dissecting the political party landscape
There’s a surging populist progressive insurgency of Elizabeth Warren-type Democratic candidates all over the country, according to John Nichols in the latest issue of The Nation. But not in Colorado. Our politics are sometimes described as moderate, but actually ...
Shouldn’t natural foods actually be natural?
Years ago the delightfully-naughty movie star, Mae West, said: “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted...
Fired CEOs get gilded goodbyes
In these times of nationwide job insecurity, with five applicants lined up for every job opening, CEOs warn workers that they’d better perform — or else. Or else they’ll be unceremoniously booted out the door...
Danish omits climate facts
(Re: “Climategate,” Danish Plan, Dec. 3.) That Paul Danish finds “corrupt science” in the “Climategate” e-mails says less about how science is actually done and more about his own willingness to distort and omit facts...
The green whine over U.S. gas exports
When Russia took over the Crimea at the start of the month, there were widespread calls in Congress and among the chattering classes (including from me) for the U.S. to fast-track the export of natural gas and oil to Europe in order to lessen Europe’s dependence on ...
Congressional looters
Beware — laissez-faire ideological loonies are loose in Washington! They’re waving machetes, toting sledgehammers, and going right for your Social Security...
