Opinion
Bernie and Biden vs. Trumpists in Brazil
I am writing this a few days before the election and feeling anxious. This may sound strange, but a look at the recent election...
Lessons in persistence from neighboring municipal utilities
Today the Fort Collins municipal utility is a role model for other utilities. It operates and maintains one of the most reliable electric distribution...
Letters | Yes on 2H
Correction: In our Oct. 6 issue, in our coverage of the Louisville City Council Ward II race, we incorrectly stated that Dean Smith “says developers should be able to apply for a demolition permit without a development proposal.” Smith actually says developers ...
Money in CD2 race
Saturday, April 21, I attended the BoCo Dems candidate forum for Colorado’s second congressional district candidates Joe Neguse and Mark Williams. Attendees were asked...
The world will miss Tom Hayden
Whatever the future holds and as satisfying as my life is today,” Tom Hayden wrote in his 1988 memoir, “I miss the ’60s and...
Letters: May 7, 2020
Council’s accessibility issue
Boulder City Council’s recent special meeting, in which they voted on a city-wide mask mandate, left out 8.6% of the population —...
The fountainpen economy
Even the word “greed” is not negative enough to characterize the all-out assault on workers by today’s corporate elite...
LETTERS | The dogma of bigotry
Clarification: Boulder Weekly thanks the YMCA of Boulder Valley for contributing several photos to the 2010 Kids’ Camp special edition. Camp photos on pages 10, 12, 15, 18, 19 and 22 were provided by the YMCA, and BW apologizes for not giving the camp credit for ...
Fight the virus or just give up
Many months ago, public health experts predicted that we would likely have a dark coronavirus winter. Now cases are skyrocketing, the death rate is...
‘Lies, damn lies, and statistics’
An old saying asserts that falsehoods come in three escalating levels: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Now, however, there’s an even-higher category of lies:...