Opinion

Donald Trump’s strange bromance with Rodrigo Duterte

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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...

Should you be afraid of the fascists in your community?

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I get accused of “being over-the-top” and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency. This is caused, in large part, by...

Corporate arrogance and government ignorance

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Arrogance is an unpleasant trait, but when it’s overlaid with ignorance, it really gets ugly...

The untold story of Mexico’s COVID-19 strikes

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Let me introduce you to Susana Prieto, a hero of the pandemic you haven’t heard about. She is a longtime Mexican labor lawyer and...

What’s the cost of high living?

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The rich aren’t merely different from you and me... they’re ridiculous! The über-rich, I mean, the billionaire barons of Wall Street, who literally live above...

How Budweiser locks out free enterprise competitors

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The word “free” in “free enterprise” is not an adjective, it’s a verb — as in, let’s “free up” the enterprise of small businesspeople who’re locked out of the marketplace by monopoly power...

Sanders’ populist surge

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Not only have crowds been streaming into arenas all around the country to hear Bernie Sanders’ fact-studded speeches, but ordinary Americans have also been...

The gaping hole in Trump’s border wall

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How much of your money does Donald Trump want to pour into his xenophobic fantasy of erecting an impenetrable wall on our Mexican border? The...

The Polis/Hickenlooper fracking compromise; thanks, but no thanks

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Remember the old comedy skit wherein a well-meaning fellow decides he wants to do a good deed by helping an elderly woman cross a busy street? He eventually hauls her kicking and screaming safely through the traffic to the other side only to have the old lady kick ...

LETTERS | Week of Feb. 6

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Keep it up...

Letters: 8/11/16

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Now I know not to vote for Danish You do your readers a great service by informing them that Paul Danish is a candidate for...

Big Food trying a big hoax

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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...