Opinion

Biden and a progressive future

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Hope just means another world is possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope. — Rebecca Solnit For many...

Seth Brigham’s legacy

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Seth Brigham is leaving Boulder after 30 years; at least that’s what he told me on Monday. So is it true? I’m sure he meant it when he said it, but I have no idea if he’ll actually move to Wisconsin as he’s planning. He has been known to change his mind. But ...

Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president?

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 Is Sarah Palin smart enough to be president...

How much does it cost to buy a public university’s integrity?

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First came withering hoots of laughter when the honchos of George Mason University named their law school the “Antonin Scalia School Of Law.” Yes,...

What’s killing America’s middle class?

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As the royal triumvirate of Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell continue their perverse quest to turn our America into a gold-plated Trumplandistan...

Polis plays the Nazi card

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Following the passage of Arizona’s new immigration law last month, Boulder Congressman Jared Polis unburdened himself of the following thoughts to the POLITICO website: “It is absolutely reminiscent of second-class status of Jews in Germany prior to World War II...

Our library needs sustainable, stable, reliable funding

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We all know that Pearl Street and the Flatirons are icons of our city. These locations serve as a welcoming pad for thousands of...

Ditches are a vanishing paradise

Annette Choszczyk lives in rural western Colorado these days, but when she was a kid, the Highline Canal in Denver was her summer paradise. “To...

Why won’t Trump stand up to Putin?

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As Donald Trump said: “Strange things happen in life.” Yes — like him! Take that strange bromance he’s got going with his presidential counterpart,...

Letters: April 27, 2023

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THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE Let’s imagine a gun control paradise where the Second Amendment is repealed, and all privately owned guns are outlawed, and...

How vicious is the GOP’s war on the poor?

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Generals plan wars, but battlefield commanders do the bloody work. So, meet HUD Secretary Ben Carson, a quiet but bloodstained commandante in General Trump’s relentless...

Tracking Trump’s convoluted immigration policy

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Racially and ethnically speaking, I’m truly a global human — Irish, Black, Anglo, Native American, Italian... all that and more. My father always said...