Opinion
Self-deception and hidden agendas during the pandemic
The pandemic is challenging governments around the world. However, the Trump administration’s response stands out as monumentally incompetent and corrupt. There was plenty of...
Letters: 2/23/17
Moore on target
Kudos to Rico Moore for his investigation of the real reasons Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hell-bent on killing mountain lions and...
Think globally and frack locally
Think globally and act locally? Some do it better than others...
The heart of the city — what’s to be done?
According to a story in the Sunday edition of Brand X paper, Boulder planners are looking for ideas about how to further develop Boulder’s “civic heart” — by which they mean the area bounded by Ninth and 17th Streets on the west and east, and Arapahoe and Canyon on...
We need to act now to fight wildfires
For the 2021 fire season, the writing is on the wall. The West, despite a few days of intense winter, is far drier than...
Democrats become the progressive family values party
"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” — sociologist Jessica Calarco
Many Republicans went full-tilt culture war when Joe Biden introduced his...
Close tax loopholes
The Colorado government is struggling with the worst recession in 70 years. Declining tax revenues and waning federal stimulus funds foreshadow deep cuts in state government spending. To cope, the governor has proposed eliminating special tax exemptions for some ...
Why BVSD can’t move forward until it deals with its past
Over the past few months, we’ve learned a lot about the inner workings of the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD). While it is full...
Letters: Feb. 9, 2023
Uniforms and guns at POP noms meeting
This week I submitted a complaint against Boulder police officers who appeared at the Jan. 19 City Council...
Mental health is medical health
Not long ago, I got a call from a friend that her 19-year-old daughter Liv had died by suicide. Their family was shaken to...














