Opinion

Has America turned right-wing? Or nuts?

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Buckle-up friends, it’s going to be a hairy ride.        Start with Day One for President Trump (gotta get used to saying that)....

What if we made voting fun?

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The shameful truth about America’s democratic process is that it’s become so un-democratic that they don’t want you to vote. By “they” I mean...

Why are we taxpayers subsidizing corporate crime?

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Do the crime, do the time,” goes the old saying. Unless of course, the criminals are corporate executives. In those cases, the culprits are practically always given a “Get out of jail free” card...

Letters: Aug. 31, 2023

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A DOUBLE ENDORSEMENT I am excited about the mayoral race this year because for the first time in our city’s history, we will be electing...

The folly of compulsory national service

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The New York Times columnist David Brooks wants to bring back the draft. Or at least some form of compulsory universal national service. He thinks it will bring Americans back together again...

Oklahoma isn’t the first to see radicalist beheadings

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The beheading in Moore, Okla., last month brought it all back. She wasn’t a raving beauty, just a friendly, freckle-faced girl with a warm grin and a presence that was unforgettable. She would make you feel good the second she walked into a room. She had a great ...

The alternatives to detaining immigrant families


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With his hastily issued executive order on family separation last week, President Trump presented America with a false choice: If you don’t want me...

Money talks

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Denver went first. In 2020 — a year after the Colorado Legislature passed HB 19-1210, allowing municipalities to set a higher minimum wage than...

Letters | Great stuff last week

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Correction: The fourth-place winner in the Best of Boulder category “Best Nederland Restaurant” should have been listed as Sundance Café...

Letters: 11/23/17

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Combat fracking The people of Boulder County must unite and utilize every conceivable option available in order to combat the existential threat of fracking to...

Why the ‘Weekly’ makes political endorsements

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“It is only in our decisions that we are important...

Putting ‘The People’ in a political platform

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What if a political party’s platform actually stood for workaday people, rather than being a catalogue of far-out, right-wing nuttiness, or a batch of...