Opinion
Letters: 6/23/16
Be an informed voter
There are several contested primary races from the Republican Senate race to the Boulder area state house seat to replace Dickey...
Municipalization: More important now than ever
In many ways I’m surprised and a bit saddened that I actually feel the need to write this explanation for why people should continue...
WILPF turns 100
Are we ruled by fear? When will the “war on terror” end? What would happen if the U.S. experienced another spectacular mass casualty terrorist attack like September 11? That question is in the back of the minds of all politicians. For over a decade we’ve been at war...
What one Republican would do about climate change
Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Center for International Environment & Resource Policy at Tuft University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, recently told Public Radio International that if the Republicans don’t like President Obama’s approach to curbing ...
Letters: 11/22/18
Pardon your turkey
While President Trump is pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a...
Getting to know the right wing
Time for another edition of the new game that’s sweeping the nation: “Who’s That Right Winger?” An interconnected network of extremely wealthy, far-right-wing individuals are quietly pushing their ideological, corporatist and plutocratic agenda all across America...
The unreported story behind Trump’s CO visit
It was a typical Donald Trump moment. After coming to Colorado for a couple of rallies so he could insult everyone and explain nothing,...
Copenhagen does nothing to stall global warming
WASHINGTON — A new global warming treaty would be all...
Climate change: U.N. takes on wrong problem — again
The United Nations is holding a global climate conference in Durban, South Africa, this week and next for the purpose of breathing new life into the Kyoto Protocol or, short of that, forging some other international agreement to cut global greenhouse gas emissions...
A gentleman’s C for the pot task force
I’ve been reading the recommendations of the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force. They mostly remind me of Mark Twain’s description of Wagner’s music: “It’s better than it sounds.” But just barely...
Letters: Sept. 31, 2023
Correction: Boulder Weekly’s recent article about fall films and festivals (‘Season’s screenings,’ Sept. 14, 2023) included a factual error related to programming at the...