Opinion

Jim Hightower comments on Colorado's shackling bill. Jim Hightower on Colorado Shackling Bill by boulderweekly

Protect our wetlands, protect all our water...

Hey, Bucko — stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others...

(Re: “Copenhagen was a success — for the Chinese,” Danish Plan, Dec. 31.) Paul Danish’s implication that the Copenhagen accord, such as it is, is unfairly advantageous to China and other developing countries ignores the simple and overwhelming fact that China’s per ...

Why do congressional Republicans hate unborn babies...

No field testing...

“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...

Who does David Keating think he’s fooling...

(Re: “New Age outrage,” Uncensored, Oct. 29.) I must write to protest Pamela White’s derogatory use of the term “white folks” in her recent column, especially given its “there goes the neighborhood” context. Going for a cheap laugh at the expense of European-...

My Danish plan Paul Danish is against the tax on soda and decries the “nanny state,” arguing that a sugar tax, in a town with...

Pamela White’s article “Pregnant in Prison” moved me to tears (cover story, Feb. 18). Having a wrist or ankle of a woman in labor shackled is shocking and inhumane. Only people who have never given birth would think such a thing is OK...

(Re: “Medical association: Reconsider pot," In Case You Missed It, Nov. 19.) While I’m thrilled that the American Medical Association has finally urged the federal government to rethink its prohibitionist stance on medical marijuana, I can’t help but wonder about ...