Opinion

Delivering the news to the ‘New York Times’

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Before major news organizations pronounce someone dead, they ought to check the person’s pulse. Take, for example, a recent New York Times screed prematurely pronouncing...

The March for Science and the missing protest sign

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Whatever else last weekend’s marches for science accomplished, they produced some of the best protest signs in years. (My favorite for sheer comedic creativity...

Boulder targets medical marijuana — and heads should roll

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Heads should roll. And for once, let us state whose: David Driskell, executive director of community planning and sustainability...

Community rights versus environmental destruction: Time to turn the page

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In the fall of 2013, a group of community members fighting to ban fracking in Lafayette met with our local State Representative, Mike Foote....

Highly recommended: ‘Planet of the Humans’

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With twice the current population, will there be left any wilderness areas, remote and quiet places, habitat for song birds, water fowl and other...

A fracking conflict of interest

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ExxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads...

Trump’s Bizarro World

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In the 1960s, DC introduced “Bizarro World” in their Superman comic books. It is the fictional planet of “htraE” (“Earth” spelled backwards) where everything...

Why the ‘Weekly’ makes political endorsements

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“It is only in our decisions that we are important...

How much does it cost to buy a public university’s integrity?

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First came withering hoots of laughter when the honchos of George Mason University named their law school the “Antonin Scalia School Of Law.” Yes,...

Air Quality Monitoring in Longmont and COGA

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The presentation that Dr. Detlev Helmig gave at the Longmont City Council meeting on July 28 was detailed and conclusive as to the source...

What one Republican would do about climate change

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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 ...

Why the Bernie revolution will continue

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The reason that I believe Bernie Sanders’ political rebellion will persevere is that it’s organic. Rather than being an artificial marketing creation sprouted in...