Opinion

Proud “Partners” corporatize our parks

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While we Americans celebrate the 100th anniversary of our National Park Service, America’s socalled “leaders” are aggressively commercializing our parks, converting these jewels of the common good into just another corporate cash cow...

Lawmakers dance with the devil

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If you choose to dance with the devil, never flatter yourself that you're in the lead...

Letters | Show restraint in Libya

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Correction: The March 17 cover story on the Longmont airport stated that there are two city council seats plus the mayor job up for election this November in Longmont. Actually, three council seats and the mayor position are opening up...

Issue 2G: Democracy in the 21st century, finally!

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We urge City voters to vote yes on Ballot Question 2G, which reads, “Shall Sections 38, 45, and 56 of the City Charter be...

The real scandal in Denny Hastert’s life

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Washington’s gossip mill is spinning furiously over the recent revelations about Dennis Hastert’s long hidden sexual molestation scandal. But what about the filthy, backroom affair he’s been openly conducting with corporate lobbyists for nearly two decades...

How will the great American social distancing experiment end?

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How will America’s great social distancing experiment end? Just guessing, but I suspect toward the end of April, millions of Americans will say, in...

Colorado’s GOP militia gang

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Violent far rightists have been around for some time, but the Jan. 6 hearings have revealed their incestuous relationships with some of the most...

Nixon on why I like Newt

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Harvey and I were just tucking into a new batch of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door...

Trump exposes liberal ignorance of the working class

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The working class is invisible in this country much of the time. But in election years, the white folks in this demographic are discussed...

Democrats playing too nice with the GOP

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At the beginning of the Colorado legislative session, there was a lot of cheerful chatter about bipartisanship. A fine idea in the abstract...

30 years later, why Otrona didn’t compute

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It didn’t come as a shock when I turned 70 last summer. I had seen it coming for a long time...

What does it take to get good policies from ‘good’ public...

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Sometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect “good” officials, but to enact good public policy. From my...