Opinion
Avoid Amazon’s ‘Cyber Monday’ and buy local
It’s “Cyber Monday” — get out there and buy stuff!
But you don’t actually have to go anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us...
The other epidemic we must fight is white supremacy
Twenty years ago, as a senior at Boulder High School, I led a small collective of students in a walkout to protest the murder...
Where does inequality come from?
The vast inequality that’s rending our society is not a natural, inevitable or accidental phenomenon — it’s caused intentionally by policy decisions that corporate...
Letters: Aug. 31, 2023
A DOUBLE ENDORSEMENT
I am excited about the mayoral race this year because for the first time in our city’s history, we will be electing...
The real Safer Boulder
By Brooke Harrison, PhD and Leslie Chandler, Safer Boulder members
Who is Safer Boulder? Safer Boulder is a nonpartisan grass-roots organization committed to supporting public...
Tech execs say U.S. is failing them
Last year, during an intimate chat and chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the Apple empire. “What would it take to make iPhones in the United States?” Good question! We need to ...
Letters: May 28, 2020
Xcel’s risky overture
In this time of pandemic, no one wants to take unnecessary risks. We are all hoping that as we navigate this crisis,...
The free-enterprise mirage of Sheldon Adelson
According to the self-aggrandizing mythology of America’s right-wing rich, Sheldon Adelson is one of society’s “producers,” not one of those morally inferior “moochers” who’re always looking for government handouts...
The good ship Goldman sets sail for Singapore
Goldman Sachs is making news again, though it’s doing its damnedest to keep it quiet and to suppress any outbreak of political outrage from either the public or Washington...
Letters 5/13/21
Polis must sign SB 21-200
Gov. Polis ran and won on a platform of 100% renewables and strong climate action. However, his recent threat to...
China’s new cyber totalitarianism
Human Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses in the world’s largest totalitarian state — the People’s Republic of China. And...
How (and why) to keep the Postal Service public
A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days — it won’t even buy a cup of coffee! But... pssssst... here’s an amazing half-dollar bargain for...












