Opinion
Democracy isn’t corny but essential for equitable & decent society
Are the Republicans going crazy? They are banning books, criminalizing abortion, attacking public school teachers who talk about racism, passing anti-LGBT laws and indiscriminately...
The houseplant industry’s threat to biodiversity
From the onset of the COVID pandemic, houseplant sales have skyrocketed. Nurseries and greenhouses across the country have struggled to keep up with the...
Letters 4/21/22
Wrong Way
Encouraging use of E-85 is a wrong way to go. Even changing E-10 to E-15 is a poor idea. E-85 is 85% ethanol...
The bigger picture of rent control
A recent letter to the editor about my column (see The unrepentant tenant, “Rent control: Why or why not?” March 24, 2022) raised some points...
Amazon workers’ win and fragile promise of union revival
This April Fools’ Day, David beat Goliath. It wasn’t a joke. Workers at Amazon’s huge warehouse on Staten Island voted to form a union...
Presidential selection transparency issues at the University of Colorado
With the selection of current interim President Todd Saliman as the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of Colorado system, CU’s governing...
Letters 4/14/22
In support of the library district
My name is Jennifer Yee and I am a resident of unincorporated Boulder County. A quick maps search tells me...
Letters 4/7/22
Definitions first, please
Thanks to Mark Fearer for addressing the current dire situation for renters in Boulder. Rents have been rising dramatically along with housing...
The downward mobility of owning a mobile home
A couple of weeks ago, a ground-breaking Colorado bill, HB 1287, passed out of committee, bringing forward an extension of badly needed protections for Colorado...
U.S. left’s confusion and division over Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a spontaneous non-violent, anti-war rebellion broke out in the Eastern country. Putin is now crushing any dissent with North Korean-like...
Letters 3/31/22
NCAR FIRE probably beneficial
As long as no human structures are impacted and nobody gets injured, a fire like the NCAR fire is probably quite...
Rent control: Why or why not?
My debut column two weeks ago went into an abbreviated history of rent control (RC) in Boulder and Colorado. Now it’s time to deal...
