Opinion
Donald Trump’s strange bromance with Rodrigo Duterte
We’ve had a great relationship,” exulted a giddy Donald Trump, following his two-day schmoozefest in Manila with the thuggish Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte, who...
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...
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...
The New American Aristocracy
Multibillionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e. the will of The People —...
Why Bill Clinton should just go away
What’s past, as Shakespeare told us, is prologue.
So let’s flash back only two decades to that defining achievement of President Bill Clinton’s presidency: “...
GOP Ultra-Maga Love of Authoritarian Hungary
There is a controversy among Republican leaders about publicly declaring what the GOP would do if it won back Congress and the presidency.
The GOP...
What would Molly do?
These days, I wonder what Molly Ivins would think of today’s politics. Those of us who were fans called her Molly even if we...
Letters: 2/14/19
In support of Eldo-to-Walker
trail connection
We are writing in support of a multi-use trail connecting Eldorado State Park to Walker Ranch. We are the coaches...
Letters: 7/18/19
Fight the power
When the Democrats won the Colorado house and senate and governor’s office in 2018, Joel Dyer wrote an article comparing...
Defeating GOP zombie Reagonomics and fossil fuel autocracy
On Sept. 23, Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow exclaimed, “The U.S. midterm elections cavalry arrived early in London! … The new British prime minister, Liz...
Why the ‘Weekly’ makes political endorsements
“It is only in our decisions that we are important...
