Opinion
Offshore corporate havens come onshore
From Enron to Wall Street, a big cause of America’s major financial collapses in the past decade has been simple deceit. Finaglers used secret offshore accounts and dummy subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere to avoid regulatory scrutiny and to make ...
Where’s the ethical balance of America’s scales of justice?
Is it really “fair and balanced”? I don’t mean the ridiculous Fox TV channel, whose right-wing ranters mock their own PR slogan — but, rather, a network that actually matters in our society: America’s legal system...
Let us build bridges
At times of increased tension, both ISIL and racists in the West are taking a similar path to polarize the public. I’d propose an alternative approach to avoid a bleak future with limited civil liberties...
Letters | Tell Danish about drought
Correction: The April 11 story “A taste of the world’s music at CU” was written by Peter Alexander, not David Accomazzo...
Who will look after you someday?
America has more senior citizens today than at any time in history. Ai-jen Poo provides some startling statistics in her new book The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in A Changing America...
Corporate chiefs say America is unattractive
I like the word “lift.” It implies upward progress and a can-do communal spirit: Yes, let´s all put our backs into it, and lift this load. It´s so American...
Letters | Marijuana over martinis
(Re: “Heading into uncharted territory,” Weed Between the Lines, May 16.) The people of Colorado are way ahead of the politicians in Washington, D.C...
Being a bankster means never saying, ‘I’m sorry’
The funny thing about Wall Street banksters is that they make a killing by defrauding millions of homeowners, customers, investors and taxpayers — then, when caught, they wonder why we don’t love them...
Causes of the symptoms in the news
We have a tendency to address symptoms rather than root causes of problems. When we identify causes, we often focus on one cause when there are multiple causes, and we focus on causes that fit our preconceived ideas, and, all too often, our biases, which ...
