Opinion
Letters: 1/11/18
Shooting on forest land
In 2018, the U.S. Forest Service will amend the Forest Plan regarding Recreational Sport Shooting (RSS) on nearby National Forest Service...
The dogma of bigotry
In1610, Italian astronomer and inventor Galileo Galilei used a telescope to observe the heavens and concluded that the earth revolved around the sun.His assertion contradicted the established dogma of the Catholic Church, leading to no end of difficulty for the ...
Letters: Gun violence, student loans and more
A note about gun violence
In my sophomore year of high school, there was a school shooting at Freeman High School, in Spokane, Washington, just...
The folly of compulsory national service
The New York Times columnist David Brooks wants to bring back the draft. Or at least some form of compulsory universal national service. He thinks it will bring Americans back together again...
Big Organic behaving badly (much worse than Monsanto)
Bad news, anti-GMO-ers. It isn’t Big Ag and Monsanto that’s been ruining your dinner. It’s Big Organic Ag.
You don’t have to take my word...
Can Amazon sucker the people of New York?
The undisputed king of taxpayer scammers is Amazon — but a hardy band of New York commoners is delivering an old-line message to the...
Atmospheric rivers endanger the West
Moab, Utah, gets just eight inches of rain per year, yet rainwater flooded John Weisheit’s basement last summer. Extremes are common in a desert:...
A tiny bug spreads happiness
Great news, people: a hot spot of nine-spotted ladybugs has been spotted in Amagansett, N.Y...
How did we get here? Look to 2010
How the Republican Party turned what seemed like a dire situation after disastrous losses in both the 2006 and 2008 elections into legislative majorities...
U.S. General salutes a military “hero”
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has a particular military hero he wants to honor...
For whom the benefits accrue
Boulder has a long history of nurturing a “paying forward” culture where we adopt policies and programs that seek to ensure future generations are...
Letters: July 9, 2020
On the fracking moratorium
Our elected officers have an inherent duty to protect our quality of life. Water is life. On Tuesday, July 14 at...













