Letters: 11/21/19

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Opinion

Democracy or unfettered capitalism?

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The constant chaos promoted by Trump is exhausting. But that’s the point. It is designed to create so much confusion and anxiety that you...

Think freedom

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Do you like the fact that Colorado politicians must ask us first before they raise our taxes or debt? They sure don’t like it. Our...

Civil disobedience in Lafayette and North Dakota

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The latest bright idea to emerge from Boulder County’s intrepid anti-frackers is to get the City of Lafayette to legalize “non-violent” civil disobedience and...

Sorry, we created a world dumb enough for Trump

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Hurricane Trump presents us with a peculiar sort of national emergency. Every day, the Bullshitter-in-Chief deploys a blizzard of lies, half-truths, conspiracy theories and...

How corporate bamboozlers intend to widen inequality in America

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The basic problem facing the corporate and political powers who want you and me to swallow their Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal is that they...

Letters: May 18, 2023

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IMPROVE OUR TRANSPORTATION I am a junior in high school and live in Boulder County. I, as well as many people I know, want to...

Opening your heart for Valentine’s Day

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In the United States, St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated widely with candy, flowers and private expressions of affection. I proposed to my wife on...

Banned in the USA

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In her best-selling novel Speak, young-adult author Laurie Halse Anderson wrote, “Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” Since the...

Our shared Boulder County dilemma: A response to Joel Dyer

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I want to thank Joel Dyer for his Oct. 11, “My Willmeng Dilemma.” It’s written mainly about my candidacy for Boulder County Commissioner, but also...

Why are so many working class whites killing themselves?

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In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, two Princeton economists — Angus Deaton (who just won the Nobel Prize) and Anne Case — revealed that death rates among middle-aged, white, non-Hispanic Americans have increased ...

Letters: 8/18/16

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Colorado congress is making change Saving children is something our Colorado Representatives know well. I want to thank the representatives I’ve already worked with, those...

Organize for 2012

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At last, a New Year cometh! I say “at last” because, politically, 2011 was a rough ride...