Opinion

The list and who’s off it — first cut

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I don’t for a second doubt that any of the 22 candidates currently running for President — 17 Republicans and five Democrats — could run the country if they happened to get elected. This isn’t because they are political geniuses. It’s because the genius of the ...

The mobsters of Wall Street

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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 ...

LETTERS

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Protect our wetlands, protect all our water...

Which side are you on … Congressman Polis

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“Numerous reports in the business press make it clear that the agreement presents grave risks on all sorts of topics.” — Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz...

The dirty little secret of private equity profits

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Executives in private equity firms — such as Mitt Romney of Bain Capital and Henry Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts — tend to be peacocks who think quite highly of themselves...

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Correction: In our roundup of foodrelated events last week, we said the Boulder Arts & Jazz Fest was a Downtown Boulder event [Tidbites, July 2]. It was actually produced by State of the Art Promotions. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused...

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Correction: Last week’s News story “Campaign contributions, elections and the bureaucratic calendar” (Sept. 24), incorrectly referred to Rep. Mike Foote as Sen. Mike Foot and he sits on the House State Affairs Committee, not the Senate State Affairs Committee. We ...

Making consumer protection into corporate protection

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The giants of food manufacturing are very concerned about you. They fear you could come down with a terrible plague called “consumer confusion” — and these selfless corporate entities are going all out to save you from it...

LETTERS

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Polis ‘Smart Track’ Position an Insult...

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Council should compensate Folsom businesses...

Being a bankster means never saying, ‘I’m sorry’

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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...

GOP ‘mad as a hatter’ about EPA mercury regs

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Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies...