Opinion

Letters: July 23, 2020

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Trump can’t afford to lose in November John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and President Trump’s national security advisor from 2018...

LETTERS | Danish trivializes a death

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Correction: A Jan. 2 commentary, “ALEC’s attack on renewables arrives in Colorado,” mistakenly identified Xcel Energy as a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Xcel was a member of ALEC until 2011. It continues to provide hundreds of thousands ...

The cost of killing nuclear power

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”For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’” — John Greenleaf Whittier I t’s been obvious for a...

For whom the road tolls

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Send not to know; For whom the road tolls; It tolls for thee...

Letters: March 30, 2023

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CAN YOU SAY ‘DIRTY HIPPIE’? I have mixed feelings about BW’s cover story about advice from Boulder’s “meme queen,” particularly the response “Help, I’ve Fallen...

How to sabotage the federal government

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The Trump administration offers us a ceaseless sordid circus of chaos and confusion, which dominates the headlines. Each day is a new episode of...

Another horror story from the Weld County oil patch

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Here’s another environmental horror story from the Weld County oil patch...

The twisted ethics of trade secrets

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It`s time to enjoy another round of that sensational game show that’s so popular from coast to coast: “Twisted Ethics!” Today’s ethical conundrum involves chemical compounds marketed as everything from household cleaners to flame retardant fabrics. The question comes...

Ratifying START was insane

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The START strategic arms reduction treaty that the U.S. Senate recently approved should never have been negotiated, much less ratified...

Biotech runs amuck. Again

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When asked what the world needs, people tend to go all gushy and offer up such fuzzy stuff as “world peace” and “more kindness...

Nixon and Beelzebub explain how to form a more perfect union

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The Idea Fairy and I had just polished off an excellent plate of edibles when there was a knock at the door. It was...

A modest proposal to protect members of Congress

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I have a modest proposal for increasing the security for U.S. Congressmen without isolating them from their constituents anymore than they already are...