Opinion

How to increase Colorado’s (and Arizona’s) water supply

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Here are a few factoids to contemplate as we head into 2019: • In the past dozen years, Colorado’s population has grown by about 1...

Ten years after 9/11

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Random thoughts on the 10th anniversary of 9/11...

Orwell got it backwards

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Recently someone in Iran or Turkey had an insight: Just as war is too important to be left to the generals, peace activism is too important to be left to the pacifists. As a result, Islamists around the Middle East are getting in touch with their inner peace ...

Sessions slams the door on immigrants desperate to escape domestic violence

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Recently, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled...

The unnatural disasters pushing farmers off the land

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As a farmer told me, “You can still make a small fortune in agriculture, but you have to start with a large fortune.” Farmers tend...

It’s time wealth paid its fair share

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Since 1980, the U.S. economy has increasingly divided Americans along class lines to a degree now rivaling the Gilded Age. Economic elites have gained...

Why are we giving corporate welfare to Amazon?

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Isn’t it funny that right-wing politicians across the country piously rant against giving a few bucks worth of jobless benefits to the needy, then...

Open space development isn’t a solution for inequity

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Timothy Thomas’ “opinion” in the October 7, 2021 issue of Boulder Weekly (“Open Space, CU South and civil rights: A first step towards ‘Just...

Letters: 9/12/19

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Guns have recreational merit This past summer I accompanied my 10-year-old grandson to summer camp at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch near Elbert, Colorado, where my...

The Justice Department shouldn’t be snooping on journalists

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At a time when President Trump regularly attacks the news media, the Department of Justice may be preparing to make it easier for the...

2016 and the demographics of social issues

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Republicans are feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the presidency next year. They’ve got a strong (if currently overcrowded) bench of candidates and a lot of the likely issues are breaking their way...

Letters: 12/14/17

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Track drone flights I see from an article in the Daily Camera that the City of Boulder is pursuing the authorization of official drones for...