Opinion

In this season of the fall harvest, Congress is proving once again that it is a very poor gardener — it keeps watering the weeds and pulling the flowers. A conference committee is presently meeting to hash out a new, five-year farm bill, and what a hash they’re ...

Do you — or anyone — really need a book of rules and a three-hour briefing on ethics in order to do your job ethically...

There they go again...

A letter to the Boulder County commissioners: As a concerned citizen keeping close to the issue of fracking, I can tell you that if you think the public outcry has been bad thus far, it’s been nothing compared to what it will become if you give in to the oil and gas ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since poverty in America was a front-burner issue on our nation’s political agenda — and it’s time to move it up again...

Response to 'Signature Time for Anti-Fracking Initiatives' It is unfortunate that Boulder Weekly, once again, wrote a story about proposed anti-energy ballot initiatives without even...

Good on ya Dave...

Corporate profits continue to be a priority over the environment — even in an “environmentally conscious” place like Boulder County.  Cemex is the No. 1...

What if a political party’s platform actually stood for workaday people, rather than being a catalogue of far-out, right-wing nuttiness, or a batch of...

Whatever the future holds and as satisfying as my life is today,” Tom Hayden wrote in his 1988 memoir, “I miss the ’60s and...

Watch out for Tom Harris The letter by Tom Harris recently published in the Weekly was part of a misinformation campaign organized by the right...

In recent weeks the mental health crisis devastating our nation’s youth has been getting much-needed attention from the local and national press. For young...