Opinion
Goldman Sachs shows us its abacus
boulderweekly.com/highroad Doing a public service was the very last thing on the minds of the geniuses at Goldman Sachs who created Abacus 2007-ACI, but I, for one, am grateful to them. Abacus is the name of the investment package that has caused mighty Goldman...
Workers down, bosses up: a morality play
It’s good to know that some corporate chieftains feel the pain of their underlings, who keep being forced to do more for less reward. Take the example of Gannett, the media giant that owns 23 television stations and 82 newspapers, including USA Today...
The mobsters of Wall Street
Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit card holders, violating U.S. trade laws and bilking American soldiers. Can you even imagine the ...
Monsanto Frankenwheat crops up in Oregon
Bob Dylan once sent a two-word lyric to Ben Harper, a talented songwriter he admired. “Well well,” was the lyric, and Dylan challenged Harper to make a song of it...
It’s just like the sanctuary city movement, only with live ammunition
Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.
Good and hard.
Remember the sanctuary city movement, the strategy the Resistance (or the Democratic...
Boulder’s occupancy limits are not discriminatory
Eric Budd’s recent opinion piece, “Boulder Needs Equal Housing Access in the City Charter,” (Guest Column, July 30, 2020), argues that Boulder’s occupancy rules...
We need to talk about the new normal
There is a thirst in the community to talk about the pandemic and discuss how it has changed our lives. A few of us...
Signs of the times?
How does one reconcile the advent of cryptocurrencies, proposals for Universal Basic Income, and another expensive CU employee buy-out? Perhaps the question is, how...
