Opinion

Near my home in Austin, Texas, there’s an old refurbished motel with a keep-it-real attitude that is expressed right on its iconic marquee: “No additives, No preservatives, Corporate-free since 1938...

I just read an article in ICUMI about Walmart. (“Should Walmart come to Boulder?” Jan. 31.) Here’s my two cents: A few years ago our family traveled through small towns in the Southeastern states for three weeks. We found it was very easy to figure out if there was a...

Ted’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy was a real Cruz-a-palooza! It was part Ronald Reagan, part Elmer Gantry, part John Lennon and part Jerry Falwell — yet it was totally Ted Cruz — full of blather, bloat and BS...

Loan sharks and their lobbyists really know how to put the “ick” in eth-icks...

Correction: The Sept. 8 article “Cinematic climbing” stated that Craig Muderlak’s short film Our Office would debut at the Reel Rock Film Tour on Sept. 15. While the film is in the amateur film contest, it is not expected to earn enough votes to screen as part of the...

Open letter to CWA fans...

It is refreshing to know that there are still newspapers that will expose what governments and corporations do not want exposed. I applaud the Boulder Weekly for their May 2 article “Longmont-area farmer struggles to access evidence for oil and gas fine hearing.” I ...

boulderweekly.com/highroad Good news, people! The economy is roaring like a tiger again, so we shoppers are now willing and able to spend more. I know this is true, because it says so right here on the front page of the business section of my local daily, the ...

Good grief — the genuine populist fury of grassroots tea partiers is now being perverted into anti-populism by the very Tea Party Republicans they elected to Congress...

Who does David Keating think he’s fooling...

In my state of Texas, things tend to be bigger — bigger hats, bigger money and bigger thievery by political con men...

A moot point...