Opinion
U.S. left’s confusion and division over Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a spontaneous non-violent, anti-war rebellion broke out in the Eastern country. Putin is now crushing any dissent with North Korean-like...
Letters 6/16/22
Ask, listen, vote accordingly
Since Dave Anderson’s column on guns came out last week, there is indeed hope for some action in the Senate, perhaps...
A fracking conflict of interest
ExxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads...
Middle East meltdown
The illegal airstrikes by the United States, Britain and France seem to be more of a publicity stunt to demonstrate the moral virtue of...
How many working-class populists are in Trump’s new government?
Actor Jack Nicholson says he finally understood the meaning of the word irony when his mother called him a “son of a bitch.”
So...
How do coal barons get away with murder?
Coal mining is a filthy business. Literally.
Miners not only get covered in the soot of their trade, but also suffer the suffocating death called...
Wild about wild chickens
Some people complain that their town has gone to the dogs, but Bastrop, Texas, has gone to the chickens — and Bastropians are proud of it...
The gaping hole in Trump’s border wall
How much of your money does Donald Trump want to pour into his xenophobic fantasy of erecting an impenetrable wall on our Mexican border?
The...
Letters | Let Valmont series unfold
Clarification: A Feb. 2 story, “Valmont cemetery families say city in danger of digging up human remains,” said Western Disposal has a hazardous materials processing site to the west of the city of Boulder’s Valmont Butte property. The county’s hazardous materials ...
For now, Blue Book analysis of Prop DD is all wet
Here we go again. Every election cycle we get to peruse the Legislative Council’s Blue Book, which is supposed to guide us in an...











