Opinion

Boulder writer Dan Baum planned to write a book on guns in America which would be “apolitical, nonpolemical cultural anthropology, played sometimes for laughs.” But his timing was bad. His book, Gun Guys: A Road Trip, was published in the middle of a volatile ...

NCAR FIRE probably beneficial  As long as no human structures are impacted and nobody gets injured, a fire like the NCAR fire is probably quite...

Financial info discloses fracking risks The oil and gas industry lies to people living near their operations — people forced by state law into risking...

Valmont series is great...

The story entitled “The Chair and the Camera” (cover story, Jan. 17) brought to me a sense of deja vu after reading Boulder County Jail spokesperson Jeff Goetz’s defense of injuring and brutalizing citizens in his care. I encountered the same defensive pablum in an ...

Yes on Prop 112 Initiative 97 has been accepted onto the fall election ballot as Proposition 112, requiring all new Colorado oil and gas development...

The summer heat is not only breaking records (thank you, climate crisis) but also manifesting itself in the world of rent control and activism.  Two...

Blowing smoke (Re: “Cain’s manager inhales,” Danish Plan, Nov. 3.) When Paul Danish refers to Herman Cain’s future search for “all sorts of unexpected and ignored constituencies” that, like the Smoker’s Block he’s presumably won over, will Cain be going after the ...

Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: Betsy DeVos. She’s Donald Trump’s multi-billionaire education secretary who hates public education...

Imagine a world in which Amazon isn’t allowed to offer Prime free shipping. Or Google can’t show you a map of the top-ranked pizza...

A chilling realization As I was driving home from a gig last Friday night in Denver, I got a real hankering for frozen yogurt. Then...