Opinion

The toxic hell of fracking (children welcome)

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The anti-fracking activists who demonstrated at an oil rig on Boulder County open space last Saturday obviously don’t think fracking is very dangerous. How else do you explain the fact that they brought their kids to the demonstration...

The war on unions rages on

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On Feb. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Washington Post...

Letters: 2/27/2020

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Weimar Republicans? With a total disregard for history, many (Republican) folks have decided on their own that our Constitution is no longer valid. Their selection...

The disuniting of America

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 The Bible doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it condemns the love of money...

The myth of vehicular privilege

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As an avid cyclist who rides the trails and roads adjacent to Boulder almost every day, I read with great interest Matt Cortina’s article,...

The Green New Deal and the mother of all Kinsley gaffes

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A Kinsley Gaffe (named after former New Republic Editor Michael Kinsley) occurs when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he or she...

Should churches become unholy temples of dark money?

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You know what’s wrong with American politics? It’s that there just aren’t enough ways for giant corporations and mega-rich political donors to funnel their...

Letters 5/9/19

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Scapegoating immigrants Is it scapegoating immigrants or scapegoating illegal immigrants? I think it is the latter as my Swiss wife is a naturalized American citizen...

The corporate purchase of governmental power

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Jamie Dimon of New York City made a donation to the New York Police Foundation this spring. “These officers,” Mr. Dimon said at the time, “put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe...

Daddy’s philosophy

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This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves...

Stopping massacres: What won’t work and what will

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What can be done to keep whackos like Jared Loughner from trying to assassinate congressmen, senators and presidents...

Letters: 5/18/17

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Rocky Flats unsafe for public use Thank you for the excellent article on the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant by Josh Schlossberg . I am...